RIAA Fears 'Manipulation' of Courtroom Web Broadcast
Found on Wired on Tuesday, 20 January 2009
The RIAA claims that the re-runs "will be readily subject to editing and manipulation by any reasonably tech-savvy individual."
"Petitioners are concerned that, unlike a trial transcript, the broadcast of a court proceeding through the internet will take on a life of its own in that forum," the RIAA wrote (.pdf) the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals. "The broadcast will be readily subject to editing and manipulation by any reasonably tech-savvy individual. Even without improper modification, statements may be taken out of context, spliced together with other statements and broadcast (sic) rebroadcast as if it were an accurate transcript. Such an outcome can only do damage to Petitioner's case."
Now wait, so it's easier to edit a live video stream than a plain text transcript to make fun of them? Besides that, they should have realized by now that they damage themselves just perfectly; there's no need for someone else to do that. Sure, someone could come up with a funny version of the video, but nothing could damage my image of them even more. Well, the RIAA can and I'm sure they will take this chance to do so.