tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post8721326641276201690..comments2024-03-22T03:28:24.897-04:00Comments on Recording Industry vs The People: A word to the press: fight for the public's right to knowraybeckermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11063235302436280455noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-42543278148061454662008-03-18T00:34:00.000-04:002008-03-18T00:34:00.000-04:00What about trying to draft a legal clinic from one...What about trying to draft a legal clinic from one of Oregon's law school's into the 1st amendment fray?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-55900542751384712242008-03-17T16:08:00.000-04:002008-03-17T16:08:00.000-04:00Of course.Of course.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08526488090778783271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-28025313502759320262008-03-17T15:33:00.000-04:002008-03-17T15:33:00.000-04:00I just would want to maker sure that there is comp...I just would want to maker sure that there is competent First Amendment legal representation.raybeckermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11063235302436280455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-70604408592152418432008-03-17T15:10:00.000-04:002008-03-17T15:10:00.000-04:00Ray, in the past you floated the idea of "John Doe...Ray, in the past you floated the idea of "John Does" at colleges banding together to hire attorneys for representation in RIAA lawsuits. Why couldn't bloggers and other online journalists who wish to advance the public's right to know do the same thing? (Cory Doctorow, are you reading this?)<BR/><BR/>(EFF page on blogger's rights: http://w2.eff.org/bloggers/ )Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08526488090778783271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-31122539777942697022008-03-17T14:05:00.000-04:002008-03-17T14:05:00.000-04:00igor, that would not be the way to do it.igor, that would not be the way to do it.raybeckermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11063235302436280455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-54218576512634576752008-03-17T13:43:00.000-04:002008-03-17T13:43:00.000-04:00what are the chances/rules for a blogger to go pro...what are the chances/rules for a blogger to go pro-se and fight for this...Igorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09007978718967707816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-12188760353917912572008-03-17T11:17:00.000-04:002008-03-17T11:17:00.000-04:00Unfortunately, the press only fights for "the publ...Unfortunately, the press only fights for "the public's right to know" when it's in the press' pecuniary interest to do so. Compared to the other issues of the day, the story of the RIAA's multi-front assault on our civil liberties is more obscure than the other news on the front pages of our nation's newspapers. Moreover, newspaper editorial budgets are a fraction of what they were ten years ago, becase of the same paradigm shift that hit the recording industry. Investigative reporting teams have been eliminated. They're not going to pay lawyers to demand access to information that will be used in articles that most people won't understand or care about.<BR/><BR/>These days, most investigative journalism isn't written by journalists at networks or newspapers, but by authors of books. These people usually work on shoestring budgets. They don't have attorneys on retainer who can engage the RIAA in the courts to demand information that the public has a right to know. Who will help them?Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08526488090778783271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-43355762669850030992008-03-17T09:48:00.000-04:002008-03-17T09:48:00.000-04:00Well said, as usual.Well said, as usual.Michael Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793839507336794638noreply@blogger.com