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RIAA Directed To Pay $68K In Attorneys Fees

Posted by kdawson on from the not-with-impunity dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In Capitol v. Foster, in Oklahoma, the RIAA has been directed to pay the defendant $68,685.23 in attorneys fees. This is the first instance of which I am aware of the RIAA being ordered to pay the defendant attorneys fees. The judge in this case has criticized the RIAA's lawyers' motives as 'questionable,' and their legal theories as 'marginal' (PDF). Although the judge had previously ordered the RIAA to turn over its own attorneys billing records, today's decision (PDF) made no mention of the amount that the RIAA had spent on its own lawyers."

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  1. So by Dunbal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do they have to pay this in cash, or can they give the defendant part of a CD? After all, each song is worth $150,000 or so...

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    1. Re:So by kypper · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nah, they'd probably just screw the defendant by giving a Britney Spears track.

  2. $68K should be enough for anyone! by Rix · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm really sorry.

    1. Re:$68K should be enough for anyone! by ozphx · · Score: 5, Funny

      Please hand in your password and UID to security as you exit the site.

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    2. Re:$68K should be enough for anyone! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      54095
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  3. Re:So is it the RIAA or is it Capitol Records? by supremebob · · Score: 3, Funny

    Good point. Maybe kids will be less willing to buy less of those Maroon 5 or Rihanna CD's if they know that the profits were indirectly being used to sue their friends who got caught using Limewire.

    Hearing less Maroon 5 or Rihanna would just be a bonus :)

  4. Re:Exactly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey! You were supposed to have handed in your password and UID and left the site. Now come quietly or we will bring out CowboyNeal.... [Sound of screaming and heels being dragged backwards on a concrete floor]

  5. Re:a sad day by oztiks · · Score: 3, Funny

    i hope all of you fucking theives goto jail. assholes.

    I didn't know Britney came on /.

  6. In Soviet Russia... by noidentity · · Score: 4, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, YOU sue the RIAA.. er... in America, YOU the RIAA sues... nevermind.

  7. Re:And the winner in all of this is . . . by Barny · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hopefully this will benefit people who could not afford a decent lawyer normally.


    Or original cds... aparently :P
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  8. $68,000 is nothing by gelfling · · Score: 3, Funny

    What's $68,000 to the RIAA? They blow $68,000 on human blood beverages in the conference room, every day. The gold slave collars they give the midgets who wash their balls cost more than that.