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Washington Woman Sues RIAA for Attorneys Fees
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "A Washington woman sued by the RIAA has asked the Court to award her attorneys fees, after the record company plaintiffs (Interscope Records, Capitol Records, SONY BMG, Atlantic Recording, BMG Music, and Virgin Records) dropped their case against her after two years of litigation, in Interscope v. Leadbetter. The brief submitted by her attorneys (pdf) pointed out the similarity between Ms. Leadbetter's case and Capitol v. Foster. In the Leadbetter case, as well as Foster case, the RIAA sued the woman solely because she had paid for an internet access account, and then later in the case attempted to plead 'secondary liability' against her without any factual basis for doing so. This tactic had been repudiated by Judge Lee R. West in Capitol v. Foster as 'marginal' and 'untested' in his initial decision awarding attorneys fees, and in his later decision denying the RIAA's motion for reconsideration."
Your day will come. And when it does, the RIAA will subpoena Slashdot's records to see what IP ( and account info, if you are actually logged in and only just checked the AC box on the input form ) is associated with your "Anonymous Coward"
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
Someone can yell and scream and claim all they like (in legit media, much less anonymously on /.) that they do illegal stuff all the time, but that's not actual evidence that anything's actually happened.
For example, a guy could claim on slashdot that his wife doesn't know he's having an affair with another woman...
- RG>
Hey pal, this isn't a pleasantforest, so don't waste my time with pleasantries!
And, what's your name and address again, sir? We're taking a survey.
Haven't you ever heard of broadband gnomes? They crawl around the intertubes with their little notepads jotting down your favorite porn sites and p2p exchanges!
We came,we saw, we kicked it's ass!
Well my husband doesn't know I'm having an affair with another woman.
"pr0n": An anagram of "porn," possibly indicating the use of pornography. - www.microsoft.com
I'm sure he wishes he did.
So... You're husband is a woman...
No, the one with the indestructible chair with indestructible straps, where you're straped in and forced spend eternity watching, and even wose listining to, Bill O'Reilly...
I believe the correct response for this is "Pics or it didn't happen."
'Course, I'd prefer video, but it just wouldn't be Slashdot without the idiotic memes, would it?
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you don't know I am having an affair with your wife..... who downloads pirated mp3s