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Jammie Thomas May Face RIAA Trial Alone

Posted by Soulskill on from the suspicious-timing dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "With her trial coming up on June 15th, Jammie Thomas has received a motion by her lawyer to withdraw from the highly publicized case, Capitol Records v. Thomas. Ms. Thomas said in a written declaration (PDF) obtained from her by her lawyer that she was not opposed to the lawyer's withdrawal, and waived any hearing on the matter. The court papers submitted by the lawyer (PDF) also indicated that the RIAA was not opposed to the withdrawal — i.e. it graciously consented to Ms. Thomas having no legal representation — but was opposed to any continuance (i.e. the RIAA wants to make sure that Ms. Thomas does not have sufficient time to find other legal representation, or to prepare to handle the trial herself, or to enable new counsel to prepare to handle the trial). Nice of them."

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  1. Re:When your lawyer withdraws, you're probably gui by NewYorkCountryLawyer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm not trying to be a troll, and I happen to dislike (and disagree with) the RIAA and their tactics as much as anyone else here. But....

    I suspect you are a troll, but...

    1. He is leaving because he hasn't been paid.

    2. I have never expressed any opinion about the underlying case; I am not familiar with the facts of this particular case.

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  2. Re:When your lawyer withdraws, you're probably gui by Timesprout · · Score: 5, Insightful

    the case is an embarrassment to the RIAA and a stern rebuke to their moronic legal theory

    I have never expressed any opinion about the underlying case; I am not familiar with the facts of this particular case.

    So which is it?

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  3. So this is justice in America by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is this the kind of justice we can expect in America? Having your life financially ruined by astronomical damages for copying songs?! How can any sane judge with any sense of justice even allow this to continue?

    We all knew stories about backward country with religious zealot wielding harsh laws punishing poor oppressed victim for seemingly trivial offense, but this kind of cases are telling you the America is not that much different, it is just that corporates+money have replaced the religious zealots+dogma.