RIAA Sues 19-Year-Old Transplant Patient

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Just when you think they've reached rock bottom, it seems the RIAA always finds room to sink a little lower. This time they've sued an innocent, 19-year-old transplant patient, hospitalized with pancreatitis and needing islet cell transplants. Although the young Pittsburgh lady claims that she did not infringe any copyrights, she failed to answer the complaint in time, and a default judgment was taken against her. A Pittsburgh area lawyer has stated that he will represent her pro bono and make a motion to open up the default."

Comments

Re:Why doesn't somebody countersue them

[elnico]

You probably should have put "IANAL" somewhere in that post.

Dying

[yog]

Wow, they really are bottom feeding now. I guess we can expect to see future headlines like these:

RIAA sues Alzheimer patient; he responded "What's a computer?"

DHS: RIAA suspected of links with Al Qaeda.

RIAA raids wedding reception, arrests groom for illegal downloads. Bride sues.

RIAA spokesman praises Mumbai attacks: "The gunmen targeted downloaders."

Space Piracy: RIAA sues NASA over bittorrent client they claim is running on ISS computer.

Foster care agencies warned by RIAA: downloaders are criminals regardless of adoption status.

RIAA sues Dell, HP, Acer for $10B: "computers are nothing but piracy tools".

RIAA accuses NYC opera company of infringement: "Aria sounds too similar to RIAA"

RIAA claims dead man's organs as compensation for "lifetime of piracy".

Re:Dying

[jollyreaper]

RIAA sues Somalis for piracy, Somalis return fire

Re:Dying

[thearkitex]

RIAA sues pregnant woman and husband for conspiring to create another potential pirate?

Re:Dying

[Anonymous Coward]

RIAA sues Alzheimer patient

Yeah, for downloading the same song 47 times.

Re:Dying

[Anonymous Coward]

RIAA sues pregnant woman and husband for conspiring to create another potential pirate?

Not very likely. Have you seen any pregnant husbands around lately?

Re:Dying

[halcyon1234]

Space Piracy: RIAA sues NASA over bittorrent client they claim is running on ISS computer.

RIAA sues entire universe over ever-expanding light-shell of radio broadcasted music.

Re:Dying

[Kooty-Sentinel]

You sir, just made my day. I successfully chortled coke through my nose.

Re:Dying

[Anonymous Coward]

Obligatory bash.org quote:

#104052 +(11604)- [X]
[NES] lol
[NES] I download something from Napster
[NES] And the same guy I downloaded it from starts downloading it from me when I'm done
[NES] I message him and say "What are you doing? I just got that from you"
[NES] "getting my song back fucker"

I find it amazing

[aussie_a]

I find it amazing that not only is there a 19 year old out there who doesn't download music, but the RIAA managed to find them! I mean what are the odds that a 19 year old the RIAA sues, HAPPENS to be one of the very few who don't pirate?

The odds are simply staggering. Why if the RIAA had those odds when it came to the lottery, they wouldn't need to sell music anymore.

Re:Why doesn't somebody countersue them

[vvaduva]

You need to infringe on the rights of one of these posters and rip one...for posterity's sake :)

Re:Why doesn't somebody countersue them

[aussie_a]

If the sentence ended in a period wouldn't that just be bad grammar?

Re:Why doesn't somebody countersue them

[Anonymous Coward]

calm down, fluffy... he was just implying the parent post hadn't a clue about when countersuing is possible.

that or he likes things in his rectum a lot.

Re:Why doesn't somebody countersue them

[dmbasso]

even the densest judge won't swallow the idea that a fetus can somehow use a computer from inside the womb.

so that video I found on the internet, with a girl and a computer, the thing she was doing with the mouse wasn't teaching the fetus how to use the computer??? o_O

Off-topic, but...

[Anonymous Coward]

I would like to take a moment to thank everyone for their liberal use of the IANAL acronym, because every time I get to read it as "I anal" and chuckle a bit to myself. Yes, I have the sense of humour of a ten-year-old sometimes.

Re:Why doesn't somebody countersue them

[Vexorian]

Why is it RIAA stories always end with someone mentioning that he performs anal?

Re:How is their health relevant?

[NewYorkCountryLawyer]

Being a bigoted maggot, I fail to see what right you have to speak of decent people. ;-)

Well, since, as you say, you're a "bigoted maggot", I guess it doesn't matter what you "fail to see".

Re:IANAL, so a question

[schon]

When human life is involved, this case regarding the RIAA's profits should take a back seat in any civilized and just society.

Agreed, but what about in the USA? :) /me ducks

Re:Why doesn't somebody countersue them

[Faylone]

In case you're serious, IANAL is an acronym for "I am not a lawyer" Related acronyms for those that ARE lawyers, there are also IAAL TINLA(I am a lawyer, this is not legal advice) and IANYL(I am not your lawyer)

Re:Why doesn't somebody countersue them

[Brad1138]

In case you're serious, IANAL is an acronym for "I am not a lawyer" Related acronyms for those that ARE lawyers, there are also IAAL TINLA(I am a lawyer, this is not legal advice) and IANYL(I am not your lawyer)

or IUWTMA

(I use way too many acronyms)

Re:Why doesn't somebody countersue them

[Tubal-Cain]

IANYL(I am not your lawyer)

What about IANNYCL?

10,000 Dead RIAA Lawyers...

[Il128]

On the bottom of the ocean. What do you call that? A good start.

Re:Why doesn't somebody countersue them

[NewYorkCountryLawyer]

IANNYCLBMHWCIOTT.
(I Am Not New York Country Lawyer But Maybe He Will Chime In On This Thread).

IANYCL.
SW?

Re:Why doesn't somebody countersue them

[IIRCAFAIKIANAL]

Hey guys, what's up?

Oh, sorry I thought someone called me...