Single Mom sues RIAA

[Chiller2]

I just hope she doesn't just settle out of court. I believe if it goes to jury she will win and then you have precedent.

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: ScottSwingleComputers
She'll never win....but good job for trying.

don't be so pessimistic.

 

[tk149]

Demand for Jury Trial. 42-year-old Single Disabled mother. Accused of downloading Gangsta Rap.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA! This IS the dream defendant!

You go girl!

The RIAA will do their best to settle this before the jury hits them with eleventy billion in punitive damages.

 

[Scarpozzi]

I certainly hope she doesn't settle out of court. I want to see the RIAA lose their butts on this one. She should sue for BILLIONS of dollars in punitive damages just to prove a point. If I were a judge on this case, I'd have fun with it.

 

[Zanix]

Originally posted by: Nitemare
I'd contribute to her prosecuting team

Should we setup a paypal account for donations?

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: jndietz
I hope these guys kick some ass!!!

Originally posted by: Nitemare
I'd contribute to her prosecuting team

i would, too!

just show me where to donate...

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: Cooler
gotenkito
sounds like DBZ to me. I dont think it was her.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: jonessoda
My main hope coming out of this case is not so much that she, in particular, wins, because although hers is a sad case, what I think is much more important is that precedent is set. The RIAA cannot be allowed to continue to invade our privacy in the manner which they do.

I don't understand how they're invading anyone's privacy. If you're sharing music with a P2P app, do you expect that to be private?

 

[timswim78]

Originally posted by: geno

Originally posted by: jndietz
I hope these guys kick some ass!!!

Originally posted by: Nitemare
I'd contribute to her prosecuting team

i would, too!

just show me where to donate...

Why would you want to donate to them? If they win, she is going to get lots of money, and the legal team will get a third or more of it.

 

[bootymac]

Down with the RIAA!!

 

[ValkyrieofHouston]

GAWD, there may be hope for us yet!

Go Mom, Go!

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: jonessoda
My main hope coming out of this case is not so much that she, in particular, wins, because although hers is a sad case, what I think is much more important is that precedent is set. The RIAA cannot be allowed to continue to invade our privacy in the manner which they do.

I don't understand how they're invading anyone's privacy. If you're sharing music with a P2P app, do you expect that to be private?

But she didn't share music...

 

[Jimmah]

Originally posted by: geno

Originally posted by: jndietz
I hope these guys kick some ass!!!

Originally posted by: Nitemare
I'd contribute to her prosecuting team

i would, too!

just show me where to donate...

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
I certainly hope she doesn't settle out of court. I want to see the RIAA lose their butts on this one. She should sue for BILLIONS of dollars in punitive damages just to prove a point. If I were a judge on this case, I'd have fun with it.

Yeah but you'd be a judge who's used P2P.

 

[AMDZen]

Too bad we'll have to wait 2 years to know what happened with this case.

 

[Toasthead]

Originally posted by: Eghck

Originally posted by: Aquaman
Single Mom sues RIAA

Cheers,
Aquaman

ditto

 

[myusername]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: jonessoda
My main hope coming out of this case is not so much that she, in particular, wins, because although hers is a sad case, what I think is much more important is that precedent is set. The RIAA cannot be allowed to continue to invade our privacy in the manner which they do.

I don't understand how they're invading anyone's privacy. If you're sharing music with a P2P app, do you expect that to be private?

But she didn't share music...

Whoa :Q

 

[JulesMaximus]

I hope she wins millions. :thumbsup:

 

[Nick5324]

I didn't read the whole thing (damn, it's long), but I'm willing to bet there are holes in it. I'm no legal expert, but I get the feeling that some things are misunderstood and some assumptions (that are false) are made. However, I'd love to see them get a good suit together and stick it to the RIAA.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: geecee
As much as I am rooting for her, I can't help but think:

You hear that Ms. Anderson?... That is the sound of inevitability... It is the sound of your death... Goodbye, Ms. Anderson...

Unless she is incredibly wealthy and the law firm is huge, I don't see how she could successfully sustain a suit like this against the nearly unlimited resources of RIAAsses. And as others have pointed out here, her lawyers don't exactly seem to be on the cutting edge of technology/technology law.

Her lawyer is likely just going to take 1/3 of the settlement. This happens all the time. She won't pay a penny.

 

[PHiuR]

Originally posted by: Shawn
awesome. hope she wins!

 

[DrPizza]

good luck to her... I don't believe all the points made are sound, but some are. With a jury trial, I can see it going either way. Not that she'll ever see a dime, even if she wins.... it'll be tied up in appeals for the next 11ty billion years if she wins. I can pretty much guarantee, though, that if the RIAA thinks she even has a snowball's chance, they'll settle out of court. AND, one of the stipulations of the settlement will be non-disclosure. We'll never know what happened.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: jonessoda
My main hope coming out of this case is not so much that she, in particular, wins, because although hers is a sad case, what I think is much more important is that precedent is set. The RIAA cannot be allowed to continue to invade our privacy in the manner which they do.

I don't understand how they're invading anyone's privacy. If you're sharing music with a P2P app, do you expect that to be private?

But she didn't share music...

She didn't. I didn't read the entire page, but I didn't see where they asserted that her daughter didn't.

 

[toekramp]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: jonessoda
My main hope coming out of this case is not so much that she, in particular, wins, because although hers is a sad case, what I think is much more important is that precedent is set. The RIAA cannot be allowed to continue to invade our privacy in the manner which they do.

I don't understand how they're invading anyone's privacy. If you're sharing music with a P2P app, do you expect that to be private?

But she didn't share music...

She didn't. I didn't read the entire page, but I didn't see where they asserted that her daughter didn't.

I did read the entire thing, and it never mentions the possibility of the daughter, only that the woman isn't awake at 4am listening to gangsta rap under some screenname...

 

[MrCodeDude]

Originally posted by: toekramp

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: jonessoda
My main hope coming out of this case is not so much that she, in particular, wins, because although hers is a sad case, what I think is much more important is that precedent is set. The RIAA cannot be allowed to continue to invade our privacy in the manner which they do.

I don't understand how they're invading anyone's privacy. If you're sharing music with a P2P app, do you expect that to be private?

But she didn't share music...

She didn't. I didn't read the entire page, but I didn't see where they asserted that her daughter didn't.

I did read the entire thing, and it never mentions the possibility of the daughter, only that the woman isn't awake at 4am listening to gangsta rap under some screenname...

It's not like she has much to lose.

It said she's disabled and her and her child are already leeching federal funds. Nothing like scum suing scum.