Comments on: RIAA thumbs its nose at judge

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 24 May 2008 05:57:01 +0000

God, I hate the RIAA. Can’t we just hunt them down like dogs and kill them all???

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sun, 11 May 2008 09:12:52 +0000

I guess they’re still so arrogant they feel no-one should dare question their propaganda

By: Rekrul

Rekrul — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:26:48 +0000

“I guess I underestimated even their stupidity.”

How is that even possible?

By: huh

huh — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:33:26 +0000

“This is the level of respect show by these foreign parasites for our law our governement [sic] and our institution.”

Are you referring to the RIAA’s lawyers? What makes you think they’re foreign? A bit of xenophobic angst, eh?

“We don’t need fascists or terorists in our contry nor can we afford to keep them there.”

You’re proposing to ship out all the skinheads and many members of Bush’s administration, then.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:54:25 +0000

This is the level of respect show by these foreign parasites for our law our governement and our institution.

Those of them who are US citizen should be jailed for treason and those who are not should be extradited to Burma where they belong.

We don’t need fascists or terorists in our contry nor can we afford to keep them there.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:30:15 +0000

They work on the principle that if you throw enough mud some will stick. No matter that it’s the same mud already rejected beforehand. The thing is, will the judge recognize it, or will he/she be the kind who doesn’t do his homework or has a short memory? It’s just bad luck to get the same judge again huh?

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:28:07 +0000

Umm Ray… 28 pages of repeated arguments + 3 pages of explanations = 31 page brief

It’s a little trick I like to call “Math” (ah, good ol’ Dilbert, so applicable).

Nonetheless, point taken. And I like the quiz. I would have to agree with George’s answer… d and d
(I really hope I passed!)

By: Man George

Man George — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:09:34 +0000

The answers are (a) and (a), as long as the right people are ‘reached’.
Otherwise, for the normal layperson, the answers are (d) and (d).

Hmmmm, geddofff…

By: Ray Beckerman

Ray Beckerman — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:36:51 +0000

I guess I underestimated even their stupidity.

Well I hope I’ve learned something from this experience.

I’ve drafted this pop quiz for the litigation buffs out there:

The facts.

A lawyer just filed a 30-page brief in which he (a) devoted 28 pages to repeating the same arguments he had made in a motion that was decided less than 8 months earlier, and (b) devoted 3 pages to telling the judge that his previous ruling was “wrongly decided”.

Question #1

What will happen?
(a) The lawyer will win the motion.
(b) The lawyer will lose the motion.
(c) The lawyer will have to find a new line of work.
(d) Both (b) and (c)

Question #2

If you are the client who pays lawyers to do things like that you are
(a) A smart businessperson
(b) A moron
(c) A fool
(d) Both (b) and (c)