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RIAA Extends Legal Action

Posted by simoniker on from the hurray-hurrah-hurray dept.

shystershep writes "An article at InfoWorld tells how the RIAA 'is filing 41 new lawsuits and sending 90 lawsuit-notification letters this week, adding to the 341 lawsuits filed and 308 notification letters sent since September. The RIAA has settled with 220 file-sharers as a result of lawsuits, lawsuit-notification letters and subpoenas. In addition, 1,054 users have submitted affidavits as part of the RIAA's amnesty program.' The RIAA also claims that its tactics are actually working -- to increase awareness and reduce online piracy."

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  1. One person doesn't even use a computer! by jtnishi · · Score: 5, Informative
    The article on yahoo mentions one of the persons getting sued doesn't even know how to use a computer.

    These are getting seriously out of hand...

  2. Re:Lawsuits by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
    RIAA has already said: if you file a single piece of paperwork with the court (e.g., motion of discovery [to see what their evidence is], motion to dismiss, etc.), the settlement immediately jumps by $50,000.

    Now, since they are settling everything for $3-5K, and since a good, federal-bar qualified lawyer is going to run $$$, and your downside hits $50K, well, who's the sucker going to be?

  3. Re:I can't wait to see them.. by The+Munger · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well here is the story of retiree Ernest Brenot, 79, of Ridgefield, Washington. He doesn't own a computer, nor does he know how to use one. The RIAA claims he likes Vanilla Ice, U2, Creed, Linkin Park and Guns N' Roses.

    Where the hell do they get these lists from? They can't have got something like that from ISP records.

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