The RIAA to try and ban the Internet?

[dbminter]

Well, it's as bleak as this lawyer presents, but, it could, as he does claim, lay some terrible grounds for precedent.

 

 

Lawyer: RIAA wants to shut down the Internet

 

30 November 2006

 

Lawyer: RIAA wants to shut down the InternetA lawyer defending Net users that have been sued by the music industry's lobby group, RIAA, claims that the evidence -- or actually the lack of it -- in one of the cases RIAA is pushing in courts, if accepted, would effectively shut down the whole Internet.

 

 

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/8177.cfm

 

 

Also of similar interest:

 

 

MPAA wants your privacy

 

1 December 2006

 

MPAA wants your privacyA recent bill that was up in California legistation which would have banned the ability for companies to use "pretexting" practices to obtain your private information was recently overturned by everyone's favorite industry association, the MPAA.

 

 

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/8184.cfm

[polopony]

Lawyer: RIAA wants to shut down the Internet

 

yeah and I want to win tomorrows lottery , we're both going to need an awfull lot of luck