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Boston Judge Denies RIAA Motion for Judgment

Posted by samzenpus on from the make-it-slow-and-painful dept.

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."

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  1. What I found odd about the case by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    is that the judge also ruled that Cory Doctorow has a stupid, stupid haircut.

  2. Re:shaving is for female interest by timmarhy · · Score: -1, Troll
    Your an idiot. many women like the rough look of being 1/2 shaven. My facial hair grows very quickly and trying to stay clean shaven for more then a day isn't possible, so i leave it 1/2 grown most of the time and women love it.

    So stop trying to be an ass and claim you speak for every woman on the planet.

    I'd lay money that a quick survey of ./ would show the majority of males here are married with kids or long term parteners. take your misconceptions else where dickwad.

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  3. Re:But seriously... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Off topic? Yet somehow a post telling the slashdot mouth-breathing basement-dwellers to bathe, shave, and not fear the sun is on topic? Good call, fags.

  4. Re:Judges should ENFORCE the law, not MAKE it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Can anyone articulate these things or are we just jumping on a "judicial activism is bad and every judge is a judicial activist" bandwagon lately? You must be new here. This is slashdot. We moderate down anyone who doesn't agree with us and vice versa.

    This is a troll, not flame bait or "flaimbait" or "flamebate" as most of you ignorant fools spell it, so get it right when you mod me down. OK? Thanks. Have a *nice* day everyone!