There has been talked about, that someone needed to stand up to the MPAA and actually go to court. A lot of what they based their information on is in their own minds and wouldn’t stand up in a court of law. Well Shawn Hogan, owner of DigitalPoint, decided to go um no thanks to their ofers to settle. Got himself a good lawyer and did a lot of research. And has been posting in his blog updates of what’s going on. The latest give you a great idea where he’s coming from and why the MPAA should be worrying.
MPAA Offers To Settle (Again)
There is an “Early Neutral Evaluation Conference” on May 23, 2006 to determine if this matter can be settled. Personally, it seems like an utter waste of time because at this point about the only thing I would settle for is if they dropped the case, paid my attorney fees and then dissolve their whole organization.
They offered me an initial settlement of $2,500 (before they decided to take it to court), which was rejected on the basis of principal. Then today I talked to my attorney and they are offering a settlement of $3,500.
Bahahahahahaaha! So if I refused your $2,500 out of principal, what exactly makes you think I’m going to give you $3,500 now? That’s comedy. 
From everything I’ve read online, the MPAA (and RIAA) has been pretty much extorting everyone simply because they can’t afford to fight it. This certainly will give me something interesting to blog about. I just pray it goes to a full trial, where they will lose and then give everyone else that is being sued a nice lawsuit they lost as a reference for their lawsuit… “MPAA vs. Shawn Hogan” That has a nice ring to it. Maybe this loss will be the start of their demise. (Hmmm… I seem to have quite the aspirations, eh? haha)
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