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RIAA Sues Ray Beckerman for Blogging

By DrewWilson

Is blogging a crime if you hold a certain opinion? Apparently so according to the RIAA who plans on litigating the famed lawyer. Some may disagree with his opinions, but very few dispute the fact that Ray Beckerman has maintained the biggest and most valuable resource regarding litigation brought on by the copyright industry. According to fresh reports released this evening, the Recording Industry Association of America took issue with his stance on the copyright debates and decided that litigation was warranted. From the report: The Recording Industry Association of America is declaring attorney-blogger Ray Beckerman a "vexatious" litigator and is seeking unspecified monetary sanctions to punish him in his defense of a New York woman accused of making copyrighted music available on the Kazaa file sharing system. The RIAA said Beckerman, one of the nation's few attorneys who defends accused file sharers, "has maintained an anti-recording industry blog during the course of this case and has consistently posted virtually every one of his baseless motions on his blog seeking to bolster his public relations campaign and embarrass plaintiffs," the RIAA wrote (.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on September 18, 2008 (boomark / email).