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RIAA Sues the Wrong Person

Posted by timothy on from the just-looking-for-clowns dept.

Cildar writes "In the 'oops' category, the RIAA was forced to withdraw its suit against a 66 year old computer neophyte (read Apple User for god's sake) when they discovered she thought 'Kazaa' was a magician playing at local kids' birthday parties. The story is as reported in the Boston Globe." Update: 09/24 15:19 GMT by T : Note, the magician crack is a joke ;)

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  1. I heard.. by konfoo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    that Kazaa was a cousin of Bobo the clown, and makes paid-for appearances at kids' parties. Y'all can use that as an excuse if the MPAA sues you. But seriously... hahahahahah - I fell off my chair when I saw this one. Could the RIAA remove the proverbial thumb from their asses long enough to grab a clue?

  2. Re:neophyte = Apple User? by foo(foo(foo(bar))) · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I guess my advanced distributed database processing research is more of the pre-school level that Master of Science - since i'm developing it on Apple.

    I love when flame wars start in the artice post.

  3. Re:wow ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My impression of Canada on IP is that they fall in line behind the U.S. for fear of trade retaliation like higher tariffs. I remember a couple of laws they passed against the public's will, but not which laws they were. Anyone know the specifics?