tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post4567801624667789639..comments2024-03-22T03:28:24.897-04:00Comments on Recording Industry vs The People: SONY v. Merchant Heats Up in Fresno; Defendants' Lawyer Attacks RIAA "Ex parte" proceduresraybeckermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11063235302436280455noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-63194787412390236402007-04-26T16:39:00.000-04:002007-04-26T16:39:00.000-04:00Thank you, igor and alter.Thank you, igor and alter.raybeckermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11063235302436280455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-37203688770391834162007-04-26T13:50:00.000-04:002007-04-26T13:50:00.000-04:00Well - Merl Ledford III's standing was already hig...Well - Merl Ledford III's standing was already high following his first rebuff of the RIAA attack dogs but is now pretty well off the scale. His writing is incisive with that lovely peppery tang of barely contained outrage at the RIAA tactics and a passion for the integrity of his profession that does him proud.<BR/><BR/>The court's response could be a decisive turning point.<BR/><BR/>Dave<BR/><BR/>P.S. Hope no-one noticed that I mis-posted this comment earlier. Sorry Ray.Jadeichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621372649607340215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-62537427213128491312007-04-26T11:54:00.000-04:002007-04-26T11:54:00.000-04:00Let me add, from the Declaration of Counsel, these...Let me add, from the Declaration of Counsel, these final sentences:<BR/><BR/><I>If we, as lawyers and judicial officers,<BR/>ever fall into the trap of law-as-a-game where obscenely rich corporate nation-states (that act,<BR/>as here, as if they were laws unto themselves) can afford play-to-financial-exhaustion contests<BR/>with simple Orosi educators like your REAL PARTIES IN INTEREST, we will have all sown<BR/>destruction of our profession; and the true “piracy” of anarchy will be our nation’s bloody<BR/>harvest.</I><BR/><BR/>Now there's a declaration of what our courts <B>ought</B> to be -- and what I hope they are.AMD FanBoihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11864029976202105778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-75946798760416377772007-04-26T11:43:00.000-04:002007-04-26T11:43:00.000-04:00Yay! :)As much as I slam the law industry in Ameri...Yay! :)<BR/><BR/>As much as I slam the law industry in America (and Ray might add, gratuitously), I do love stirring and well-written court documents. The gifted Mr. Ledford can write a paragraph that can make even the most jaded American stand up and cheer:<BR/><BR/>"As an Officer of this Court of nearly 30 years good standing, I urge the Court (a) to<BR/>reject any attempt by Plaintiffs to dismiss their litigation against Mr. and Mrs. MERCHANT<BR/>without prejudice in this Second Lawsuit to avoid paying attorneys’ fees under the Copyright<BR/>Act; and (b) to not pass up this ripe opportunity to do Justice that the Peoples of our United<BR/>States ask of their Judicial Officers rather than merely approaching our functions as though law<BR/>were a game (the “Sport of Kings” as one pundit put it). If we, as lawyers and judicial officers,<BR/>ever fall into the trap of law-as-a-game where obscenely rich corporate nation-states (that act,<BR/>as here, as if they were laws unto themselves) can afford play-to-financial-exhaustion contests<BR/>with simple Orosi educators like your REAL PARTIES IN INTEREST, we will have all sown<BR/>destruction of our profession; and the true “piracy” of anarchy will be our nation’s bloody<BR/>harvest."Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08526488090778783271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-44780869340428249792007-04-26T11:17:00.000-04:002007-04-26T11:17:00.000-04:00FINALLY, someone is going after that joinder at th...FINALLY, someone is going after that joinder at the point where it's most appropriate to do so.AMD FanBoihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11864029976202105778noreply@blogger.com