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More RIAA lawsuits, more bizarre tales of unsuspecting defendants







More RIAA lawsuits, more bizarre tales
of unsuspecting defendants

More RIAA lawsuits, more bizarre tales
of unsuspecting defendants
05/27/2004 05:07 PM

Just too bizarre. I'm fresh out of snarky intros. As one reader on the pho mailing list quipped, "What's next -- breaking kneecaps?"

Tammy Lafky has a computer at home but said she doesn't use it. "I don't know how," the 41-year-old woman said, somewhat sheepishly. But her 15-year-old daughter, Cassandra, does. And what Cassandra may have done, like millions of other teenagers and adults around the world, landed Lafky in legal hot water this week that could cost her thousands of dollars.

Lafky, a sugar mill worker and single mother in Bird Island, a farming community 90 miles west of St. Paul, became the first Minnesotan sued by name by the recording industry this week for allegedly downloading copyrighted music illegally. The lawsuit has stunned Lafky, who earns $12 an hour and faces penalties that top $500,000. (...)

A record company attorney from Los Angeles contacted Lafky about a week ago, telling Lafky she could owe up to $540,000, but the companies would settle for $4,000. "I told her I don't have the money," Lafky said. "She told me to go talk to a lawyer and I told her I don't have no money to talk to a lawyer." Lafky said she clears $21,000 a year from her job and gets no child support.

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yet another new phising scam


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How Will They Scam Thee?


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Anatomy of a 419 scam


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New advance fee scam


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Web of guilt in Google scam


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SANS reports greetings scam


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Paypal e-mail scam going around


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Unleash The
Troops

Naked News Goes
Mobile

RapidWeaver theme
pack sites spring up

Money 1.3 gets
scheduled
transactions, more

Yahoo Vs Spyware
US Hardware: Xbox
sales surge ahead of
PS2 in April

The Penguin That Ate
Microsoft

Microsoft security
spend greater than
the Star Wars
missile system

Upcoming
macosxhints'
events...

Yahoo to offer
spyware tool

Apple iPod dominance
is hype, Microsoft
claims rival will
cost $50

Enter The Super
Computer 500 Club

Intel's Quarter Seen
on Track

Costs Mount on
Cisco's Option Play

Audiovox and AT&T
Wireless announced
the PPC 4100 Windows
Mobile PDA phone

EHarmony.com Patents
Matchmaking Formula

Brussels unveils
street internet
terminals

Microsoft to Launch
New Search
Technology

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