[mythtv-users] A prediction is coming true - MORE confirming evidence

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 03:34:22PM -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
> Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 15:07 -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
> >> Unless you could *prove* bad faith on the part of the RIAA (extremely
> >> difficult to do), or that the defendants settled under duress,
> > 
> > If "settle now or we will sue you into bankruptcy and tie up your every
> > free minute from now until you die" isn't duress I don't know what is.
> > Guess that's why IANAL.
> 
> Yours and my definition of "duress" and the court's, are likely at
> considerable variance.

Maybe, maybe not.

In filing civil suits concerning federal copyrights, they're 'acting
under color of law', I suspect; I would myself love to see someone
bring 42USC1983 suits against all the people involved...  :-)

Cheers,
-- jra
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