[atlantaprog] Re: RIAA has to put up or shut up...

It's about time those bastards got caught in their own hypocrisy! String 'em up 
I say! 

alex lemieux <bopzone9@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:  

Allen Welty-Green <agmedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:   
http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/03/16/ 
riaa_give_billingrecords_oklahoma_mother/

RIAA must turn over attorney billing records to Oklahoma mother
Humphrey Cheung

March 16, 2007 15:18

Culver City (CA) - RIAA's legal team is spiraling into disaster as a 
judge has ruled that an Oklahoma mother is entitled to get billing 
records and timesheets from the RIAA. Debbie Foster wants the records 
to help her calculate how much the RIAA has spent in attorneys fees 
after their failed attempt to sue Foster. The judge has ruled that the 
RIAA has until March 26th to cough up the documents.

In 2004, Debbie Foster was sued by the RIAA for allegedly illegally 
downloading pirated songs from peer to peer networks. Foster argued 
that she had nothing to do with the downloads, but the RIAA persisted 
and eventually added Debbie's daughter, Amanda, to the lawsuit.

Usually most people settle with the RIAA for a few thousand dollars, 
but Debbie took the case to court and asked for the RIAA to produce 
records of what files she supposedly downloaded, along with the dates 
of the downloads. The RIAA couldn't produce the records and offered to 
withdraw the case.

Now here is where it gets interesting, Debbie asked to be awarded 
reasonable attorneys fees for her ordeal and submitted her expenses to 
the court. The RIAA argued that the mother was asking for too much, to 
which the judge basically said, "Well if you think her fees are too 
much, show me yours."

Presumably any records that are submitted will become public record, 
something the RIAA would probably not want to have happen. If their 
legal costs per case are very low, then it shows that the organization 
isn't doing much research before it sues. But if the costs are high, 
then it could persuade the judge to award Debbie with a much larger sum 
for her troubles.idigyasbro! ;) money-money-money, it's a rich mans world, 
eh!?! thanks for the new news! zbop >>>
    
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