http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/ Engadget Comments for Judge declares mistrial in RIAA filesharing case, sets aside $222,000 verdict http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/
I also STEAL WIFI.

Come get me RIAA....wear your F"kin VEST THOUGH.]]>Sep 25th 2008 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/
roflmfao
This is great news!]]>Sep 25th 2008 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/
Who's are the good and bad guys again?]]>Sep 25th 2008 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/
....so the people who are illegally swapping songs, movies, software, etc, are the good guys? I'm not saying the RIAA should be called good guys, but I wouldn't exactly call pirates the good guys, either.]]>Sep 25th 2008 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/
Oh - and get a good lawyer.]]>Sep 25th 2008 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/The industry corporations that illegally collaborated and were found guilty of price fixing your CDs could never be mistaken for good guys.
The trade organization that invests in lawyers suing their own customers for a QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS for 2 dozen songs could never be mistaken for good guys.
Major victory, very pleased with this great news. BTW, even if they were [insert lame recording artist here] .mp3s, Jammin Jammie is the good guy here. Thanks for playing!]]>Sep 25th 2008 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/
Shouldn't we be cheering our justice system and our system of checks and balances? And our rights as the accused and innocence before guilt?

Stealing/pirating is wrong. Always has been. Always should be.]]>Sep 25th 2008 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/
That being said, it would be nice if the RIAA had to form some sort of coherent case, with actual evidence instead of being able to walk into a court room and say "your honor, this is the woman who owned a computer that was connected to the internet and could have possible shared N number of songs" and then having the judge say "I see, [($222,000 / 24) x N] to be paid to the RIAA."

Yeah, I take this mistrial ruling as a move in the right direction for the legal system.]]>Sep 25th 2008 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 26th 2008 2:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/
The guy on the right, I mean.]]>Sep 25th 2008 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/
It the TV users. They have to set it to not stretch. Most cable and satellite boxes will do this for you automatically.

The networks broadcast the content in set ratios and the end user hardware has to be set correctly to display it.

I do have issues though with HD content not being distributed correctly. Some HD content comes in with the screen crawl tech chopped off or station markers off screen and other HD channels are perfectly fine. I've checked that on several different TV at other houses and its consistent]]>Sep 25th 2008 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/
That said, I can't believe how many people have scurried out to get big televisions for the incredible experience HD offers - and now watch tons of standard def stuff stretched and distorted! And they don't take the time to figure out what the problem is, they just watch it that way. I really can't believe how many restaurants and bars display distorted television.

Oh - and about the RIAA: I can't believe a decent lawyer can't wiggle their client out of every one of these lame cases. If you're a lawyer who loses a Kazaa case you should get a job at Best Buy installing HD televisions.

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He Who Hates That Fisheye Warp His Mom Uses For Everything.
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Olevia's seem to be very prone to this and it's not easy to clear up, despite what some people think. So I figure it's best to avoid it altogether and ensure that the entire screen is used as much as possible. I cringe when I see my friends who have the black bars on the side because of how much SD they watch but don't stretch the picture...]]>Sep 25th 2008 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/
Ruining someone's life to make an example out of them so you can afford a bigger jet = the bad guys.]]>Sep 25th 2008 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/
Hurray for victory against unjust accusations and upholding innocene until proven guilty.]]>Sep 25th 2008 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Why this post is highest ranked?.


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Adorable kittens FTW! :D]]>Sep 25th 2008 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/25/judge-declares-mistrial-in-riaa-filesharing-case-sets-aside-22/Sep 25th 2008 6:27PM