Thanks Eric

[aqlo]

RIAA gets hit by lawsuit over
posted by RJ5500 on September 10, 2003 @ 12:18pm

A California man says the RIAA's so-called Clean Slate program is "hollow and deceptive".


Eric Parke is suing the association, saying its offer is designed to get people to incriminate themselves and provide the RIAA "and others" with "admissions" through which they could land in court, in spite of having signed the RIAA affidavit.

Parke, who's never downloaded music, "decided he'd go ahead and step forward and be brave enough to put his name on this in the public interest," says his lawyer, Ira Rothken.


http://zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/09102003d.php

Appreciate you stepping out there sir, you are a gentleman and a scholar, and it was urgent to strike while the iron is hot. Each loser who signs or settles makes this harder.

A round of applause for Eric anybody?

http://www.boycott-riaa.com/pdf/AmnestyComplaint.pdf

[Kooperman]

I certainly don't want to check the teeth on this horse we've been given, but I just wonder where the hook is? What is the reason he filed this, other than the people's interest.? Maybe he's from a coven of lawyers.......

[MoonMan]

I applaud his efforts. I am gonna try (I have said this before but always end up catching the end of it) and monitor this as it progresses.. hopefully our great ZP crew will be all over it as it happens.

[Kooperman]

I wish him the best, but it's going to be awful hard for him to prove there was collusion among all parties aimed at ensnaring thousands of people.

[aqlo]

I vouch for him Koop, he's a volunteer but not an amateur. What is happening is analogical to an old woman who refuses to sit at the back of the bus.

In the meantime here's the Wired story, thanks Webmonkey
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,60376,00.html

[Kooperman]

Thanks for the article aqlo. Hope this fellow has a good lawyer, not a street corner type. I'd expect some name lawyers would take on the RIAA on a pro bono basis.

story quote:
On Wednesday, the RIAA released a study by Peter D. Hart Research Associates that showed that 52 percent of music consumers are supportive of the industry’s legal action against file sharers. The researchers surveyed 803 consumers ages 10 and over on Sept. 4-6, just before the lawsuits were announced.

I didn't realize the RIAA leadership had such large extended families....

[aqlo]

You ever take a cigarette marketing survey?