RIAA v. Santangelo Default Judgment Vacated

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "It was reported last week that at the July 13th status conference in Elektra v. Santangelo II, the default judgment taken by the RIAA against Patti Santangelo's daughter, Michelle, was vacated by Judge Stephen C. Robinson. This has now been confirmed in papers filed by the RIAA's lawyers in which they indicated that the Judge vacated the default judgment because he prefers cases to be decided on their merits, rather than by default (pdf). The papers sought $513 in attorneys fees for (a) procuring the default judgment and (b) preparing judgment enforcement documents. Patti Santangelo is the first RIAA defendant known to have moved to dismiss the RIAA complaint. After two years of litigation, the RIAA dropped its case against Patti Santangelo, leaving open only the question of whether the RIAA will be ordered to pay her attorneys fees."

Comments

RIAA: enjoy it while you can

[johnarama]

I think the RIAA is just swinging the bat its last few times...it's only a matter of time until people all start using file-sharing apps that encrypt exchanges within a private network of friends (and the RIAA won't be able to track anyone down anymore)...one example of a great app that's growing in popularity is http://www.gigatribe.com/