Comments on: RIAA telepathy: reading Masnick’s mind

By: Zorg

Zorg — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:09:46 +0000

A quote from I-don’t-remember-where:
“Any twelve people who can’t get themselves out of jury duty are not my peers.”

By: Monkey D. Luffy

Monkey D. Luffy — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:26:38 +0000

I can’t speak for other countries, but in the U.S. ridiculous jury decisions are not surprising. You have to be either rich, on welfare, or an idiot to serve on a jury here. Trials can drag on for months or longer, and jury pay averages $40.00 a day. This isn’t enough to make rent and pay bills for most people, especially in high rent areas like the Northeast(Boston, New York). Potential job loss is also a factor, rest assured if you are gone from work for months, your name goes to the top of the layoff list. Authorities try to bullshit you with “it’s your civic duty” crap, meanwhile the judges and lawyers are all making over $80,000 per year, some well above that. When they are willing to show up for work for $5.00 an hour, then I’ll listen to the speech about “civic responsibility”. Naturally not wanting to lose their house, car ect working for $40.00 a day, most people come up with ways to avoid serving on a jury. The only people who can afford to spend weeks on a jury are welfare people, many of which are uneducated. There are a lot more of them than rich people(who I would guess may also decide they don’t want to work for $40.00 a day) so guess who predominates the all American Jury…

By: NO1UNO

NO1UNO — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:15:31 +0000

BTW, the MAFIAAS and music industry as a whole have been distorting the truth for so long, that they actually believe their own BS. Maybe they use the same reality distortion field that Jobs uses!!

build your own & stw

By: NO1UNO

NO1UNO — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:09:24 +0000

@ Ray,
Good thing i didnt have anything to drink when i read that 1st comment!!
And good to see you out here hanging with us “pirates”

build your own & stw

By: surfer

surfer — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:35:35 +0000

I mentioned before that the Jammie case was a focus group of 12 sheeple brainwashed by the MAFIAA, so yes, I think they are a representative sampling of the result of years of misinformation, lies, bullshit ’studies’ financed by the cartel, and just outright equine excretion touted as truths, marched out to the lamescream media as gospel.

By: Devil's Advocate

Devil's Advocate — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:33:56 +0000

“The TOS for writing comments on the EMI blog stated, what you write they own in perpetuity.”

That alright, really.
They can own “Fuck the RIAA”, in all its inherent forms, for all I care!
(It’s basically all they’re gonna get.)
: )

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:15:53 +0000

heh, surfer, one of the first cartel blogs online was EMI (if I recall right). It’s stated some place on p2pnet.

The TOS for writing comments on the EMI blog stated, what you write they own in perpetuity.

lol

Most shills don’t allow comments, or they will claim they own what you think and write (in perpetuity).

It’s the way of the wild west

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:10:05 +0000

“Maybe the RIAA could start posting all the things they have been hiding under confidentiality orders.”

Excellent idea, Ray. I mean, the RIAA and the Big 4 are all about honesty and integrity, right?

Cheers!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:07:46 +0000

On the RIAA’s blog they state the jury that was picked for that woman who got the millions in fines, was representative of the population (something along those lines).

They state those in favor of p2p or those that think the internet is the lawless wild west are a minority (something along those lines).

Lots of creative bullshit on their blog.

check: http://techdirt.com/articles/20090623/1651345334.shtml

By: Ray Beckerman

Ray Beckerman — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:00:36 +0000

The legal community would be grateful.

By: Ray Beckerman

Ray Beckerman — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:00:10 +0000

Jon,

I have a suggestion for the RIAA blog… how they could build readership.

You know how my blog posts the publicly filed litigation documents?

Maybe the RIAA could start posting all the things they have been hiding under confidentiality orders.

By: surfer

surfer — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:51:31 +0000

and they dont allow responses to articles, I wonder why…

By: Ray Beckerman

Ray Beckerman — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:50:40 +0000

One question:

Who on earth would want to read a blog written by the RIAA?

The only demographic I can think of: comedy writers.