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I an an attorney in New York City, practicing at Ray Beckerman, P.C. [beckermanlegal.com].
A member of the bar since 1979, I am primarily a commercial litigator, but also give advice, negotiate, and help to set up and maintain new businesses and not-for-profits.
I learned of Slashdot through my work doing battle with the RIAA and MPAA in online digital copyright litigation, and through my blog, "Recording Industry vs. The People". [blogspot.com]
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(email not shown publicly)
http://beckermanlegal.com/
I an an attorney in New York City, practicing at Ray Beckerman, P.C. [beckermanlegal.com].
A member of the bar since 1979, I am primarily a commercial litigator, but also give advice, negotiate, and help to set up and maintain new businesses and not-for-profits.
I learned of Slashdot through my work doing battle with the RIAA and MPAA in online digital copyright litigation, and through my blog, "Recording Industry vs. The People". [blogspot.com]
Nothing I say on Slashdot should be construed as legal advice; for that you need to consult with a lawyer with whom you have a one-on-one relationship.
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Class action complaint against RIAA available online
Saturday March 15, @11:43AM
Recommended reading for all interested in the RIAA's litigation war against p2p file sharing is the amended class action complaint just filed in Oregon in Andersen v. Atlantic. This landmark 109-page document (pdf) tells both the general story of the RIAA's campaign against ordinary folks, and the specific story of its harassment of Tanya Andersen, and even of her young daughter. The complaint includes federal and state RICO claims, as well as other legal theories, and alleges that "The world's four major recording studios had devised an illegal enterprise intent on maintaining their virtually complete monopoly over the distribution of recorded music." The point has been made by one commentator that the RIAA won't be able to weasel its out of this one by simply withdrawing it; this one, they will have to answer for. If the relief requested in the complaint is granted, the RIAA's entire campaign will be shut down for good.
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Slightly amazed and impressed (Score:2)
But one point remains: does the word 'bogus' have a legally accepted definition?
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I've read the first dozen or so pages of the suit. I find myself amazed that I understand it and am learning things from it, at least by inference (for example, individual cases vs joinder vs class action suits and why one would file one kind of suit rather than the others). I honestly expected the suit to be written in incomprehensible legal jargon. This is much better. But one point remains: does the word 'bogus' have a legally accepted definition?
No the word 'bogus' is not a legal term, but as you have observed, the early sections of the complaint are written in plain English rather than in "legal jargon".
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Do the benefits, in your (non-le
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