The Corporafascism Report
The Music Industry Is Out of Control! Here is an excerpt from Scott Lamb's Audiofile column on Salon .com:
The RIAA hasn't been doing much recently to buffer its public perception. After a case against a Michigan woman was dismissed "with prejudice" (meaning it can never be reinstituted) -- in part because she claimed she couldn't take responsibility for her daughter's downloading habits -- the industry group is now trying to sue the 14-year-old in the case, Brittany Chan, while at the same time get her mother replaced by a legal guardian. Legal experts say the RIAA is taking a "shotgun approach" that often ensnares innocent people to its download lawsuit cases, using tactics similar to the ones that brought on a racketeering lawsuit against them in February and has sparked a new one by a woman in Oregon. Now, the RIAA might be looking to satellite radio over portable players that -- much like those tape decks that have been around for decades -- allow people to record what they listen to off the radio.
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