RIAA Undergoing Massive Layoffs

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/02/riaa-undergoing.html

by vaksel • 17 years ago

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moe• 17 years ago

Good to see they're finally running out of money.

kajecounterhack• 17 years ago

Pass the lmaoaise!

maarek• 17 years ago

I would offer to play the world's smallest violin, but I don't have the rights to any appropriate music.

bukster• 17 years ago

Every cloud has a silver lining it seems.

josefresco• 17 years ago

As happy as I am to see this news, the RIAA is only an organization that represents the labels, therefore layoffs there only represent a tiny fraction of the member workforce (which I'm sure is shrinking too).

"Hypebot.com reports dozens of RIAA workers are being let go."

Not exactly massive.

sown• 17 years ago

HA-ha!

jfornear• 17 years ago

From what I've collected (I don't follow all this very closely), around two months ago, the Supreme Court somehow made it clear that they would not reopen internet law anytime soon, which, in effect, shut down the RIAA's main purpose: to take test cases to the Supreme Court in hopes of changing the laws. Layoffs would make sense in that context.

wmf• 17 years ago

Hmm, I thought the lawsuits were profitable and the purpose was not to go to trial but generate settlements as quickly as possible.

electromagnetic• 17 years ago

Yes, but they've targeted so many people that they've started getting people who have the balls to fight back. The worst thing for the RIAA would be if a judge ruled that they cannot sue individuals for copyright infringement.

You have to consider that the RIAA is currently going up against Harvard, including a counter-suit alleging that their practices is unconstitutional. If ruled unconstitutional it can be retroactively enforced, meaning all money they took will have to be paid back even if they paid peoples wages with it.

So essentially the counter-suit from Harvard could potentially destroy the RIAA in one bang of a judges gavel. The RIAA could be trying to get themselves protected by the whole statute of limitations, I'm unsure how this applies as I've never really looked into it (not living in the US and all).

FlorinAndrei• 17 years ago

Ah, yes, the sweet sweet sound of FAIL!

snorkel• 17 years ago

And it's all because of those damn kids and their recordable cassette tapes.

helveticaman• 17 years ago

What, Faustus, weepst though now?

Tis too late! Despair, alack, farewell!

Fools who laugh on earth must weep in hell!

RIAA Undergoing Massive Layoffs

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