Pacbell Sues Riaa!!

[Raiseup]

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20030731_9.html

Good!

[.::BeatFactory::.]

Nice...

I would like to see how this unfolds over the next few weeks/months.:wings

[isus]

lol. i hope they win.

[FutureIverson]

Pac Bell? the people who owns the giants stadium or the computer maker. didn't the computer maker go out of business. My computer a pac bell broke down and when i called to get a repair off my warranty they said they were bankrupt or something, I wish them all the luck against the riaa.

[mojo-ris-in]

No Pac Bell the telephone company not packard bell the PC Mfg.

Eh it's only the start of a very long procedure. Too soon to get excited about yet but a good start.

[PowerMan57two]

Oh okay I thought it was Packard Bell the PC people. Thanks.

[REDO]

pac bell = pacific bell. they are a phone company and yes, they own Pac Bell stadium. Packard Bell is a different company.

[XtraNtnse]

This is probably just one of many companies who will bring the RIAA to court, which will soon lead to their end. Or maybe make them back off at least. Either way, the world doesn't need them. :fire

[mojo-ris-in]

Originally posted by REDO
pac bell = pacific bell. they are a phone company and yes, they own Pac Bell stadium. Packard Bell is a different company.

MMM not 100% sure they own the stadium they may just own the naming rights. But they might. Not disputing it just not sure.

[elperro91]

That's frickin awesome...MAJOR ups to Pac Bell for having the sack to stick it right back in the RIAA's mug! This sort of thing now needs to happen on an exponential basis.

[SrBrunox]

Pac Bell has the money too. They dont want to lose the business so they have to fight, makes good publicity too. A good way to get in the news and be seen. Hopefully the other ISPs will follow suit. Looking at what im doing on the internet is a violation of my privacy (period)

Stick it too em Pac Bell, even if you do charge way too much :)

Pac Bell Park is sweet, i got to bat there for a pac bell systems promotion, nice grass, looks smaller than on tv

[FutureIverson]

your right mojo they only have naming rights. It is a nice park. How about that cove, that's my dream to get a ball from bonds. Just hope terell owens doesn't get it first. (commercial) I visit california maybe ever 2 years. And i know there's going to be a wedding their in September so i expect to head back up before school, so it's not impossible

[mojo-ris-in]

Yeah I kind of figure they did futureiverson. That's usually the norm these days. The team owners usually own the stadiums and lease the naming rights. Toyota just paid big bucks the other day to name the Houston Rockets' new basketball arena to Toyota Center. No one will reveal the exact numbers but it's believed to be in the area of 200 million over 20 or 30 years.

[Theinfamousone]

It depends on the judge whether they will win I believe. If the judge sees the RIAA as a bunch of greedy losers trying to punish 60 million Americans (not just file sharers, but ISPs, computer manufacturers, disc manufacturers etc) just so they can increase their profit margin 5% (if that) than Pac Bell will mop the floor with them. But it might just get kicked out like Kazaa's anti-trust lawsuit (which was a complete joke as much as I'd love to have seen them win).

The thing is that the whole internet is infringing copyrights. Every time you load Pepsi's logo from their website, you are copying something that has been copyrighted.....so Pac Bell's lawsuit does make sense.

The main problem I see is that the RIAA isn't attacking ISPs, so Pac Bell really doesn't have any grounds for sueing, they are asking for names, which is making less people subscribe to the ISP which I suppose is financially hurting them. Unless I'm wrong, then please tell me.

Whether they shouldn't have sued from DC courts or just California courts, well, that's for a lot of lawyers and judges to dispute, I have no idea.

[Winphuk]

Wow,
Seems theyre pissing everbody off!