The downing of Internet radio

[gunug]

There is an article about why the tactics of the RIAA aren't addressable by the RICO Act:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070...r-is-suave.html

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"Right off the bat there are some problems with the predicate claims for RICO," explained Vazquez. "You have to have a pattern of racketeering activity: either criminal acts where there is a one-year jail penalty, or mail or wire fraud." Any RICO action brought against the RIAA would have to focus on the wire fraud component, likely accusing the record labels of poking around someone's PC without permission. That's the angle Andersen took, accusing the RIAA of directing "its agents to unlawfully break into private computers."

The weakness with that argument comes from Kazaa itself. For those defendants who actually have been engaged in file-sharing, their shared folders are open for anyone using the service to see—including the RIAA's investigative arm, MediaSentry. "There's no reasonable expectation of privacy, given [Kazaa's] settings," notes Vasquez. As a result, the wire fraud claims are unlikely to hold weight.

[jcarter]

Our local internet radio station(the one on Martha's Vineyard), WMVY, just had some info on this and a website to visit for more info on the situation around here, I was driving, so forgot the URL, so will listen for it tonight.
I will write, contact, or whatever we are supposed to do.
Jane

[sandbox]

Martha's Vineyard

http://www.mvyradio.com/

[jcarter]

Yes, thats our station,
I could give you some history of it, quite neat.
Jane