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

[F Peeters (MythTV)]

On Fri, July 20, 2007 00:34, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> 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...  :-)
>
For the benefit of all of us who ANAL and also ANAA (Are Not An American),
what is a 42USC1983 suit?   ;-)

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