“The penalty for laughing in court is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.” – H. L. Mencken Indeed, there have been some laughable lawsuits.  It seems every year something more frivolous than the last makes the headlines.  Lawyers seem bent on sticking themselves in every crevice that they can possibly squeeze into and then drumming up crazy claims.  Over the years these types of lawsuits have been on the rise and have certainly spilled into the tech world.  Here is a list of 5 lawsuits that are just too frivolous not to write about: Rosenberg…

Like an unwanted pack of rats, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has fought a dragged out battle against the illegal distribution of music on the internet since the late 90s. Using strategic hit and run tactics, the organization is credited with taking down some of the most popular free peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing platforms, while forcing others to restructure. Flying under the radar as of late, we’ve heard little from the RIAA in recent history. That is, until last week. Just when you’d thought they had left the public eye for good, the RIAA has come out of the shadows and…

Though we have, over the past few years, become accustomed to rather strange, aggressive ideas from those who run the movie and music businesses, the latest move from the RIAA and MPAA is a little astounding. Today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an organization dedicated to defending internet users’ rights, outlined some of the suggestions made by the media conglomerates for protecting their content. They, along with many other players, were asked to weigh in on how intellectual property should be treated in a changing, networked world. And you know what the MPAA and RIAA suggested?…