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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. What a stupid bitch. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That'll teach her for downloading those Justin Timberlake mp3s!

  2. I'm fuzzy on the "justice" angle here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Would it be adequate "justice" to simply shoot the RIAA lawyers outright?

    Or would it be more "just" to torture them first, in line with Bush's preferences?

    This is such a complex subject, some good legal advice would be really useful!

     

     

     

     

     

     

    ;-) <--- [laughter track for the humor-impaired and legally non-sentient]

  3. Re:where's the support from slashdot? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hey rastoboyyyyyyyyyyyy, I just sent $100.00 to the R.I.A.A..

    How much did you send?

  4. Put your opinion in a reply, not in summary by noidentity · · Score: -1, Troll

    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.

    Please, I am not interested in reading someone's blog here, where you select the topic AND give your opinion on it. You select the topic and summarize it, then EVERYONE responds with opinion, commentary, etc. If you have some opinion on the topic, reply like everyone else. It might seem like a minor difference, but it makes a significant difference, and I doubt I'm alone. And if story submitters think it's a minor difference as well, thenthey shouldn't have any problem saving their opinion for a normal comment reply after the story is posted. That is all.

  5. Re:When your lawyer withdraws, you're probably gui by Q-Hack! · · Score: 0, Troll

    Lots of poor kids sit in jail for years (and get convicted of inflated, harsher crimes) for something a good lawyer makes "probation" for somebody with even a little bit of money.

    Think of the children...

    Bah... If they do the crime, they do the time. "fair" sentencing is a farce.

    Sure, lets let the criminals back into society where they can rape, pillage, and murder again. ~

    --
    Some days I get the sinking feeling Orwell was an optimist.
  6. So, NYCL, going to do some pro bono? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Or are you going to admit that you're just in it for the fees and use Slashdot as a publicity arm?

    We know that by day you work for an IP protection firm, after all.