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RIAA Short on Funds? Fails to Pay Attorney Fees

Posted by Zonk on from the must-be-because-of-all-those-lost-record-sales dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Can it be that the RIAA, or the "Big 4" record companies it represents, are short on funds? It turns out that despite the Judge's order, entered a month ago, telling them to pay Debbie Foster $68,685.23 in attorneys fees, in Capitol v. Foster, they have failed to make payment. Ms. Foster has now had to ask the Court to enter Judgment, so that she can commence 'post judgment collection proceedings'. According to Ms. Foster's motion papers (pdf), her attorneys received no response to their email inquiry about payment. Perhaps the RIAA should ask their lawyers for a loan?"

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  1. Re:Dragging their feet by AKAImBatman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is there any penalty for failing to pay?

    Other than having assets seized by the Sheriff and auctioned off to settle the debt? No, none.
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  2. Re:Show Me the Money by krgallagher · · Score: 5, Funny
    "So where is all that cash going that they are "winning" in settlements??"

    It is being eaten up by all the money they are losing because people are downloading their songs instead of buying them.

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  3. Re:Dragging their feet by Esion+Modnar · · Score: 5, Funny
    Other than having assets seized by the Sheriff

    They paid off the Sheriff. (But they did not pay off the Deputy.)

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  4. Re:Get some perspective by NewYorkCountryLawyer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah. The summary seems like a paltry attempt to get some yuks from the audience. It seems pretty childish to me. Sorry.
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  5. Maybe the RIAA should release an album by Torontoman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe the RIAA should release an album - If it was a hit and not downloaded too much they could collet enough royalties enough to pay for their court cases.

  6. Re:Charity-YES by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is there somewhere where we can send donations to help out the poor beleaguered RIAA, who can't afford their legal bills?

    Send them directly to me. Make them out to CASH, which is much easier to write than my entire name otherwise. I promise to be as honest in passing along the proceeds to the RIAA as they are in all of their other business dealings.

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  7. Re:RIAA attorney's statement before the bench by Bobby+Mahoney · · Score: 5, Funny

    But damn, wouldn't it be beautiful irony if in fact, they did plummet to the ground at terminal velocity tethered to golden parachutes?

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  8. Re:RIAA attorney's statement before the bench by chubs730 · · Score: 4, Funny

    We've got hungry executives to feed, and those Gulfstream jets don't exactly fly themselves, you know
    There's more truth to that than meets the eye.

    So...their gulfstream jets are transformers?

  9. Re:not if they're using email... by Dragonslicer · · Score: 5, Funny

    They could send messages to them via singing telegram. And get sued for copyright infringement again?
  10. Re:not if they're using email... by andphi · · Score: 5, Funny

    [to the tune of "Happy Birthday"]

    Give me money right now
    Give me money right now
    Give me money
    Effing cheapskates
    Give me money right now.

  11. Re:Show Me the Money by theun4gven · · Score: 4, Funny

    So where did you stay while your room was flooded?