Stand and Deliver
With all the hype on either side over internet song-swapping and copyright, the RIAA’s recent actions to locate and prosecute pirates has now produced a counter-suite. nyfashiongirl is suing over violation of privacy by the RIAA. I have my doubts that she’ll prevail in court, but I imagine that the judge’s opinion will have to be fairly carefully drawn in order to balance the rights at issue. If the RIAA is immune from privacy restrictions, as they claim, does that mean they can use that immunity to spam internet users? Or do they only have immunity insofar as they are operating in the capacity of a private investigator? If Outside Counsel [no link] were running, I’d look for an opinion there.