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This is funny. It seems that the big record label EMI, involved in a lawsuit against Michael Robertson’s MP3Tunes, is trying to put its hands on Michael’s Minivan, together with other personal belongings, properties and so on.

In his blog post, Michael concludes:

I hope the court sees these personal attacks as a transparent attempt to twist laws to use them in ways never intended. What we’re doing at MP3tunes with personal Lockers is right and responsible. Not only is the company not violating copyright law, but none of our employees are either. I will keep you posted when we have a ruling from the Judge about whether they can sue me personally. 

Is, in a lawsuit like this, a personal attack fair? In my humbler opinion, it’s not that correct. Managers of a company are, of course, responsible for the behavior and the activity of the company itself, but the company is the entity that is directly involved in this lawsuit. Ok, it’s clear that in case of evident infringement of the law, people respond directly and can get arrested (for severe crimes), but in this case we are talking about a company (EMI) that is claiming that MP3Tunes is doing something wrong which goes against its personal interests. 

Let’s face it, the problem is that any lawsuit is a war, and during a war, everyone knows this, everything is admitted. I hope that the judge will understand that this is a David vs Golia kind of war and will be wise enough to do the best to protect the personal stuff of a serious serial entrepreneur like MIchael Robertson is.

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