tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post6137505145351637685..comments2024-03-22T03:28:24.897-04:00Comments on Recording Industry vs The People: Expedited discovery motion denied in Elektra Entertainment v. Does 1-6, due to RIAA's failure to prove "urgency"raybeckermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11063235302436280455noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-13490700171537710212009-02-13T08:58:00.000-05:002009-02-13T08:58:00.000-05:00Per the order, the plaintiffs have 21 days (from 2...Per the order, the plaintiffs have 21 days (from 2/5/09) to effect service upon (a) named defendant(s).<BR/><BR/>So, what happens if the Licatas have a 2 week vacation scheduled and can't be reached?<BR/><BR/>JZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-61916922611078155002009-02-13T01:23:00.000-05:002009-02-13T01:23:00.000-05:00Alter_Fritz: You just hit it right on the head. I...Alter_Fritz: <BR/><BR/>You just hit it right on the head. If judges cut too much slack to plaintiffs and thereby stick a huge legal bill to innocent defendants, that's not justice. This should be quite obvious, but apparently isn't.<BR/><BR/>-ytAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-92115214859289190632009-02-12T20:05:00.000-05:002009-02-12T20:05:00.000-05:00oops, mea culpa! No disrespect meant. http://www.d...oops, mea culpa! No disrespect meant. <BR/><BR/>http://www.dict.cc/deutsch-englisch/gewichten.html<BR/>is the vocable I wanted to use, not<BR/>http://www.dict.cc/deutsch-englisch/Wicht.htmlAlter_Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861406779872744163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-56194021685261100692009-02-12T19:04:00.000-05:002009-02-12T19:04:00.000-05:00P.S. after rereading an older order(*) of judge Bl...P.S. <BR/>after rereading an older order(*) of judge Black and his reasoning there I think I must reverse my "analysis" of him.<BR/>I think I must wight his current order under a different light.<BR/>Back then he granted plaintiffs dismissal "without" and denied fees for Licata.<BR/>While I'm not saying anything about fairness, with this prior events reminded I find it "interesting" that he grants plaintiffs this extension again even though he himself mentions how bad plaintiffs have behave in this 3rd doe case by "playing" and disrespecting extremely the time-and deadlines that your courtrules normally dictate.<BR/>His argument that he "wants to be nice" to plaintiffs by making use of his discretion that the law provides to him to give them more chances to do the stuff even though they have disrespected the rules to flagrantly, feels at least to me now that he is not so 100% impartial fair as a judge should be.<BR/><BR/>(*) http://beckermanlegal.com/Lawyer_Copyright_Internet_Law/elektra_licata_080822DecisionMagistrate.pdfAlter_Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861406779872744163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-73217991199345265502009-02-12T18:36:00.000-05:002009-02-12T18:36:00.000-05:00good to see one more judge that sees the gaming of...good to see one more judge that sees the gaming of the evil4 lawyers!<BR/><BR/>P.S. One point though where judge Black might have made a tiny error:<BR/>page two sentence one.<BR/><BR/>If i remember correctly it started with a jon doe suit, then dismissal, then named licata, then doe again. <BR/>so the case his order is about now is not the second but already the third about the same allegation(s), isn't it?Alter_Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861406779872744163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-23057116704253013922009-02-12T18:09:00.000-05:002009-02-12T18:09:00.000-05:00The conclusion is about the most reasonable thing ...The conclusion is about the most reasonable thing that a judge has ruled on about these ~30,000 cases.<BR/><BR/>Now if we could just get a judge to rule that the plaintiffs must "effect service of the complaint upon (a) named defendant(s)" from the beginning of this RIAA crap, then these illegal cases would be shut down before they even started.<BR/><BR/>My hat goes off to Magistrate Black for this. I just hope he continues to shows more common sense as this progresses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com