Boston Judge Denies RIAA Motion for Judgment

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In a Boston case, Capitol v. Alaujan, the defendant is representing herself, without a lawyer. Nevertheless, the Judge denied the RIAA's motion for summary judgment, which the RIAA had based upon the defendant's alleged failure to respond to the RIAA's Request for Admissions. The Court's decision (pdf) held that the RIAA had served its requests for admission prematurely, prior to the conduct of any discovery conference. The Court also noted that the RIAA had upped the ante quite a bit, trying to get a judgment based on 41 song files, even though it had originally been asking for judgment based on 9 song files. This would have increased the size of the judgment from about $7,000 to about $31,000. The Judge scheduled a discovery conference for October 23rd, at 2:30 P.M. and ordered everybody to attend. Such conferences are open to the public."

Comments

it's open to the public

[circletimessquare]

some tips for the slashdot crowd:

welcome the outdoors! yes the bright thing up there is called the sun. no you can't turn it off. the other people you see around you you can't just point and click on to communicate with, nor should you strafe them

1. bathe. it is customary for members of the public to bathe, at least more than once a month
2. wear pants. underwear is ok for life in the basement, but the general public tends to wear pants
3. shave, if you are male. not a requirement, but a good idea if you don't have groomed facial hair. and if you are reading this and you aren't male... well, who are we kidding

Re:it's open to the public

[Anonymous Coward]

Wot's all this then? Wear trousers, y'bloody wanker. Knickers are okay for a life in the cellar, but the general public tends to wear trousers, gov'nah.

Re:Yeah yeah yeah

[mrchaotica]

Have you paid the RIAA for whistling a tune while walking down the street? No? Oh well you should be locked away for copyright infringement.

Actually, people in that situation would be locked away for failing to pay off ASCAP, not the RIAA.

Oscillates?

[cheros]

Any particular frequency? (sorry, couldn't resist :-).

Re:shaving is for female interest

[deftcoder]

"Your an idiot"

Haha, I love it.

someone should go and take pictures

[flyneye]

Someone should go and take pictures of the RIAA people.
That way we could find out more about them.
Maybe make note of some of their personal habits.
Pick up any papers they discard.
Follow them to the parking garage and make note of make,model and tag number.
Fein interest and start a conversation to see what personal info they give up.
Then share it with Slashdot so we can get to know them on a too personal level.
That way we can call or go over some sleepless night and let the RIAA share the publics lack of privacy.Or get sex.Or valuables.Or......

Shaving is for WARRIORS

[dpbsmith]

It has nothing to do directly with sex appeal.

Warriors shave their beard and cut their hair short so that, in hand-to-hand combat, it is hard for opponents to grab their hair.

(Of course, many chicks go for warriors... or the warrior "look.")