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RIAA Victim Wins Attorney's Fees

Posted by samzenpus on from the fight-the-power dept.

VE3OGG writes "Debbie Foster, one of the many caught-up in the RIAA's drift-net attacks who was sued back in 2004 has recently seen yet another victory. After having the suit dropped against her "with prejudice" several months back, Foster filed a counter-claim, and has just been awarded "reasonable" attorney's fees. Could this, in conjunction with cases such as Santangelo, show a turning of the tide against the RIAA?"

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  1. Re:On Slashdot... by josteos · · Score: 4, Funny

    Could this, in conjunction with cases such as Santangelo, show a turning of the tide against the RIAA?

    Could /. stop ending summaries with "Could this be the end of <something most /. readers think is bad>?"?
    Could /. posters stop asking other /. posters to stop summarizing articles with "Could this be the end of <something evil>?"?
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  2. Re:Open up your networks! by Evilest+Doer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Unless the prosecution has video surveillance of your house/apartment, it'll be very hard to *prove* who did what.
    Ssshhh!!!! Don't give Alberto Gonzales any ideas!
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  3. Re:Open up your networks! by Elminst · · Score: 5, Funny

    Alas, my mod points disappeared today... Or I would have given you an "Insightful" for most accurate acronym for a US law, ever.

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  4. Re:Open up your networks! by David+Gould · · Score: 4, Funny

    One problem is though, such a precedent can also be used to protect criminals such as spammers, frauds, and so on. Don't forget child molesters.

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  5. Re:Oh gods, not "think of the children" again! by StikyPad · · Score: 4, Funny

    It sounds like *you* need to learn to think from the gut!

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  6. Re:Open up your networks! by wizzahd · · Score: 2, Funny

    HR 2008 - 0002 "Secure Communication Relating to Existing Wireless Environment Detection" Act. whoosh!