Unfortunately that is how the system works most of the time that large or corrupt organizations are sued by the common people. Also unfortunately is the fact that the common people are not warned by their lawyers as to how the courts work before they lawyers are hired by the common people.

My family sued Sony in 2001 and what happenned? Nothing during the first five years. The case is in sleep mode, whatever that is. We claim and Sony does not deny that they have made at least 16 records that include songs we own (our father was the composer) without any license. Over 5 millions of the infringing records have been sold.

Clearly the judicial system is a lottery.

Rafael Venegas
http://www.gvenegas.com

http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20051104

It’ll be interesting to see if it changes after the trials.

Newsflash to the entertainment industry:
You need us. We don’t need you. If you want to succeed in the digital age, you must give us what we want, how we want it, or we won’t buy it, period. We want to support our favorite artists, but not with your terms. As long as you continue to treat everyone like criminals you stand no chance of succeeding. You’ve waged a war you can never win, much like the “War on Drugs” and the “War on Terrorism”. Not with all the money in the world will these wars, or yours, ever be won. The public will not stand for your total control. Lose the DRM, lower your prices, find and nurture some actual talent instead of looking for the next “Flavor of the Day” or a new pretty face to plaster over every magazine cover, and embrace the technology or continue to become irrelevant. If this is the best you can do, you can keep your current product because I don’t want it, and I certainly don’t need it. We will continue to regurgitate the BS as you try to shove it down our throats. Wanna count losses? Try counting all the money you COULD have received over the last 5 years if only you would have pursued a collective licensing agreement from the start. Think of all the money you would have collected AND all the money you would have saved. I’m talking about the millions you currently spend on lawyers, useless DRM “solutions”, your internet spies, all the litigation heading your way for once, and what it’s costing you to redo all that’s already been done for you, free of charge, in terms of digitizing the content. That oughtta make your head spin.
Lastly, Stop your damn whining!! You lost any credability long ago. We don’t believe anything you have to say anymore anyway.

Newsflash to the artists:
You need us. We don’t need you. We like you, but we really don’t NEED you. It’s time for you to return the love you’ve received from your adoring fans. It’s time for you to embrace the technology and cut out the bloodsucking middlemen. You have the most to gain and the most to lose. Make sure your fans are happy and you will surely gain, support the industry and their devious tactics and go down with their sinking ship. I want to give my money to YOU, not some suit & tie CEO hell bent on destroying my life because of my love for you. Ignore the devil when he comes knocking with the big wad of cash and false promises. I know it’s hard, but if you are truly good you’ll succeed on your own or with an independent label just fine. If you put the music and your fans first, success will surely follow.

Newsflash for the polititions:
You need us. We don’t need you. We are watching and taking notes like never before. Corruption is rampant in politics today anywhere you go and the public is better informed than ever in this age of information. The little laws you try to skirt through passage aren’t going unnoticed anymore. It’s time for you to speak for “We the people” and not your own self-interests. It is YOUR job to write laws that do what’s best for the country and EVERY person in it. Since when do corporations get to write their own laws whose purpose only suits themselves? Those big donations won’t mean squat when the average citizens unite and toss you out on your sorry asses come election time. It’s time to leave the political bickering to the polititions and for the rest of us to unite and take out the trash in all the parties. The DMCA and all it’s incarnations need to be abolished and rewritten with consideration for all sides, with any punishments fitting to the crime. I do NOT consider copying something to be a greater offense than that of one who inflicts bodily harm upon another.
Incumbents… be afraid! The public is becoming increasingly disgusted with your performance.

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004149.php

–Tin

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/10/sony_drm_trojan/

The first of many indeed.

–Tin