RIAA Drops Enforcement Case To "Sort Out" Inaccuracies

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The other day I reported on my blog that the record companies had assigned, to the RIAA itself, a $4000 default judgment they'd gotten against some lady in Massachusetts, and that the RIAA was going after the defendant with an 'enforcement' proceeding to squeeze the money out of her. Today, it turns out, the RIAA withdrew its motion because, according to the RIAA's collection lawyer, the motion 'contained factual inaccuracies ... which plaintiff needs to sort out' (PDF). The collection lawyer must be new around here; a few little 'factual inaccuracies' never bothered an RIAA lawyer before."

Comments

Re:Better late than never

[NewYorkCountryLawyer]

They are learning the lessons.

I don't think so. I really think this collection lawyer is new to the process, and just realized his clients lied to him. The RIAA's main lawyers wouldn't care about that. This guy might be more of a regular lawyer, who does care about that.

Re:Better late than never

[alienunknown]

The RIAA remind me of Ralf from The Simpsons like when Ralf said: Hi Super Nintendo Chalmers! I'm learnding.

RIAA: Me fail lawsuit? Thats unpossible!

What I find problematic

[Weaselmancer]

Is that he's the first one out of however many the RIAA employs that seems to have a vestige of conscience and a care for due process.

Is it really that bad in your profession Ray? A single guy sparks up and says something decent and it's a news item?

You must have been pretty lonely in law school. We slashdotters always knew you were rare. We just didn't know *how* rare.

Re:What in the world is there to sort out?

[SpaceLifeForm]

It really sucks when you hire someone that turns out to
have integrity and won't roll over and be your lackey.

Sounds like RIAA could not afford to properly vet this lawyer.

Re:What in the world is there to sort out?

[drachenstern]

Can I just pause for a moment and point out the futility of attempting to argue with 'our champion' here? I mean, it's one thing to point out an actual fallacy in Ray's logic or reasoning, but when you just try and attack Ray, that will not work out in your favor very well. We all hold him in high regard, and appreciate his work at publicizing the wrongs that are being committed in the name of 'justice'. I know he's not the only lawyer out there doing this, but he's 'our' lawyer.

Then again, you did post AC, so perhaps you realize that.

Also, how is making a guess as to someone else's frame of mind a bad thing? Do you really expect NYCL to just "know" what someone else was thinking? All he can do is guess.

Way to reinforce the stereotype that AC comments have no valid substance on a regular basis, and for reminding me why my thresholds subtract 1 from AC comments. Cheers!