Thirdlight - Slashdot User

Comment Haha (Score 1) 190

by Thirdlight on Tuesday December 04, 2007 @04:26PM (#21576749) Attached to: $360M Patent Suit Over iPhone Voicemail

Im pretty sure if I was a serial killer, I wouldn't call myself one either. Has anyone thought of how better off the world would b without people like this? I mean seriously, it's like u can patent something as obvious as breathing nowadays. Hrmm, think I better get out the books on that one. Oh, and hasn't yahoo/outlook/and countless others been allowing u to look at voice mail for years now??

Submission + - Why the RIAA doesn't want defendants exonerated

Submitted by RageAgainsttheBears on Thursday March 29, 2007 @02:54PM

RageAgainsttheBears writes: The RIAA is slowly beginning to find itself in an awkward position when a few among its many, many lawsuits don't manage to follow through. Typically, when they decide a case isn't worth pursuing (due to targeting the wrong person or not having sufficient evidence), they simply move to drop the case and any counterclaims, and everyone goes separate ways. But recently, judges have been deciding to allow the RIAA to drop the case, but still allowing the counterclaim through. According to the Ars Technica article:

If Judge Miles-LaGrange issues a ruling exonerating Tallie Stubbs of infringement, it would be a worrisome trend for the RIAA. The music industry has become accustomed to having its way with those it accuses of file-sharing, quietly dropping cases it believes it can't win. It looks as though the courts may be ready to stop the record labels from just walking away from litigation when it doesn't like the direction it is taking and give defendants justice by fully exonerating them of any wrongdoing.

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