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Miscellaneous => Intellectual Property & Law => Topic started by: mobrien_12 on 10 January 2004, 00:21

Title: RIAAs private police force
Post by: mobrien_12 on 10 January 2004, 00:21

http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/07/news-sullivan.php (http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/07/news-sullivan.php)

This is just fucking outrageous.
 
RIAA has hired a bunch of ex-cops to go around the street dressed up like FBI agents who take CD's from vendors, no due process.

Worse yet, the vendors claim that the RIAA people represent themselves as cops.

Didn't RIAA hire an ex-ATF agent as a bigwig?

RIAA people need to go to jail over this one.

Title: RIAAs private police force
Post by: Xeen on 10 January 2004, 01:45

Isnt it illegal to impersonate an FBI agent, or any cop for that matter?

Title: RIAAs private police force
Post by: Refalm on 10 January 2004, 01:55

quote:

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xeen: Isnt it illegal to impersonate an FBI agent, or any cop for that matter?

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Not if you lobby it (need lots of money with that of course).

Title: RIAAs private police force
Post by: Laukev7 on 10 January 2004, 02:31

I'm submitting this to WhatReallyHappened. This is disgusting.

Title: RIAAs private police force
Post by: mobrien_12 on 10 January 2004, 03:18

Plus this lovely, racist gem.
 

quote:

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John Langley, Western regional coordinator for the RIAA Anti-Piracy Unit.:
"A large percentage [of the vendors] are of a Hispanic nature. Today he

Title: RIAAs private police force
Post by: WMD on 10 January 2004, 06:14

Ok, this has gotta be totally illegal... /o\

Title: RIAAs private police force
Post by: TB on 14 January 2004, 18:42

Oh sure it's illegal (or at least of questionable legality), but the fact is that there's gonna be people who'll jump to the RIAA's defence, citing Machiavelli (the ends justify the means). I just hope the RIAA gets put in its place.....I sure as hell don't want to see a corporate police force out there, ready to handcuff me for humming a copyrighted song at the train station.

Title: RIAAs private police force
Post by: nh3master on 17 January 2004, 21:09

The Feds have to jump through more hoops to bust a terrorist, Than the RIAA does to bust some shmuck swapping MP3.... Sad state of affairs  :(

Title: RIAAs private police force
Post by: Stilly on 17 January 2004, 10:00

so the RIAA is now sending in thugs disguised as cops to scare pirates out of business

fucking disgusting