Fail-deadly - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:Stop passing kids along (Score 1) 949

by Fail-deadly on Monday July 28 2008, @07:47PM (#24377529) Attached to: How Do You Fix Education?

That might work if most teachers actually cared about the kids. But in a situation like you described, I'd wager that most teachers would just pass the kid to get them out of there. They don't want to have to deal with him/her anymore than they have to. I've seen it happen in our current system.

Arizona Judge Shoots Down RIAA Theories 204

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday April 29 2008, @05:33PM
from the schmaking-available dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In Atlantic v. Howell, the judge has totally eviscerated the RIAA's theories of 'making available' and 'offering to distribute.' In a 17-page opinion (PDF), District Judge Neil V. Wake carefully analyzed the statute and case law, and based on a 'plain reading of the statute' concluded that 'Unless a copy of the work changes hands in one of the designated ways, a "distribution" under [sec.] 106(3) has not taken place.' The judge also questioned the sufficiency of the RIAA's evidence pointing towards defendant, as opposed to other members of his household. This is the Phoenix, Arizona, case in which the defendant is representing himself, but received some timely help from his friends. And it's the same case in which the RIAA suggested that Mr. Howell's MP3s, copied from his CDs, were unlawful. One commentator calls today's decision 'Another bad day for the RIAA.'"