Deceased grandmother sued for piracy

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RIAA Sues Deceased Grandmother

RIAA Sues Deceased Grandmother 02/05/2005 09:14 PM
The recording industry's latest assault on file sharing has netted an unusual suspect: a deceased great-grandmother from West Virginia. In a lawsuit filed in January, the RIAA accused 83-year old Gertrude Walton of sharing over 700 pop, rock and rap songs under the alias "smittenedkitten." What the RIAA didn't know is that Walton had passed away in December.

Proxomitron Author, Deceased

Proxomitron Author, Deceased 07/17/2004 06:14 PM

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Via Computer Cops: “This afternoon (16 Jul) presented itself with grave news when Scott’s sister notified me that her brother, Scott R. Lemmon, passed away on the first of May, 2004. Many of you know Scott as the author of Proxomitron, the local web proxy that changed so many peoples lives on the Internet.”…

Getting Access To Email Of The Deceased

Getting Access To Email Of The Deceased 12/22/2004 01:16 AM
Earlier this year, we wrote about the growing issue of what happens to your online persona after you pass away. As we noted at that time, there really isn't a standard procedure for how to clean up a loved one's online accounts -- especially since most are password protected. This is becoming an issue with one family whose son was killed in Iraq earlier this year. They're now trying to get access to his Yahoo Mail account, but Yahoo refuses, noting that the terms of service say that your account can be... um... terminated upon death. The family is trying to get Yahoo to change their mind before the 90 day period which Yahoo uses to judge whether or not an account is active. After that, the entire account will be deleted. So far, it appears that Yahoo's basic response to the family is: "That really sucks, but too bad."

Scott Lemmon, Proxomitron Author,
Deceased May 1st 2004

Scott Lemmon, Proxomitron Author,
Deceased May 1st 2004 07/17/2004 06:16 AM

Dead Grandmother Syndrome

Dead Grandmother Syndrome 03/13/2003 10:22 AM
"A student's grandmother is far more likely to die suddenly just before the student takes an exam, than at any other time of year," writes biologist Mike Adams. "The problem is clearly far more pervasive than most people realize." (03-10)

Guilty verdict in grandmother killing

Guilty verdict in grandmother killing 01/27/2004 11:29 AM
A teenager is found guilty of raping and murdering a 79-year-old woman in her Northampton home.

Cops Disciplined for Tasering
Grandmother (AP)

Cops Disciplined for Tasering
Grandmother (AP) 08/20/2004 04:25 PM
AP - Police said Friday two officers have been disciplined and department policy changed following an investigation into the officers use of a taser when arresting a 66-year-old grandmother who honked her car horn at a police cruiser.

MindSet, Sliders, and Greg's Grandmother

MindSet, Sliders, and Greg's Grandmother 06/05/2005 11:21 PM
Greg Linden took a look at Yahoo! MindSet and said the following: I'm surprised to see this focus on sliders. They aren't particularly useful. They fail the grandma test. Most novice users will not use or understand the slider; they just want the top result to be useful. It's not even that useful to power users since sliders fail to provide the level of granularity they need. First off, I think he missed the point. This isn't about producing a...

Pothead Grandmother Spared Jail
(Reuters)

Pothead Grandmother Spared Jail
(Reuters) 04/11/2005 07:53 AM
Reuters - A 66-year-old British grandmother with a taste for marijuana casserole was spared jail Friday despite admitting she had shared cannabis-laced cookies with fellow pensioners.

Grandmother Takes On The RIAA; Won't Pay
For Grandson's Actions

Grandmother Takes On The RIAA; Won't Pay
For Grandson's Actions 05/05/2004 09:27 PM
We've tried to highlight this in the past, but not many people are discussing one of the major problems with the RIAA's sue-by-IP address approach. An IP address doesn't tell you who was actually using the computer and set up a file sharing network to share unauthorized files. Now, one grandmother is fighting back against the RIAA for that very reason. Her grandson used file sharing networks, but she's the one who gets in trouble for it. AOL cut off her internet access and the RIAA plans to file a lawsuit against her, but have made her the same generous offer they make to everyone: pay up $3,500 and they'll leave her alone. However, this grandmother will have no part of it. She says that, first of all, she doesn't have the money, and it's not fair to hold her responsible for her grandson's actions. In fact, she had already gotten him to stop downloading songs, but no one realized that the file sharing system was still running in the background. Still, it does highlight the fact that the RIAA's tactic of simply suing by IP address means they're going after people who didn't actually break the law.

Your great-great-grandmother didn’t
have to surrender her children. What
happened?

Your great-great-grandmother didn’t
have to surrender her children. What
happened? 04/01/2005 11:00 AM
The Underground History of American Education
You aren’t compelled to loan your car to anyone who wants it, but you are compelled to surrender your school-age child to strangers who process children for a livelihood.... If I demanded you give up your television to an anonymous, itinerant repairman who needed work you’d think I was crazy; if I came with a policeman who forced you to pay that repairman even after he broke your set, you would be outraged. Why are you so docile when you give up your child to a government agent called a schoolteacher?

Actual piracy on rise, response
orthagonal to RIAA's response to
"piracy"`

Actual piracy on rise, response
orthagonal to RIAA's response to
"piracy"` 01/27/2004 07:32 PM
Actual piracy is on the rise. That is to say, more people are boarding more ships with more guns and shooting more people and taking more cargo, all the while uttering more horrible cries of "ARRRRR."

Strangely, the shipping industry's response isn't to keelhaul passengers who don't tip well on ocean cruises, or to hull random pleasure boats, or to demand special bow-mounted lasers that vaporize any ship that gets within a hundred miles.

Around the world, more than 20 sailors are known to have been murdered by pirates last year.

Seventy are missing, presumed dead.

Other trends are also emerging: ships are now less likely to be hijacked for their cargo; attackers, possibly from militant groups, are seizing ships and ransoming their crew.

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Great-Great-Grandmother Shoots Robber
(AP)

Great-Great-Grandmother Shoots Robber
(AP) 04/15/2005 04:32 PM
AP - A man accused of bursting into a convenience store demanding money was in the hospital Friday — shot, authorities said, by the great-great-grandmother working behind the counter.

E.P.A. Sued Over Mercury in the Air

E.P.A. Sued Over Mercury in the Air 03/30/2005 03:49 AM
New Jersey and eight other states filed a lawsuit yesterday challenging a new federal rule that they claim does not do enough to control mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants.

Let your fans know they won't get sued

Let your fans know they won't get sued 04/19/2004 03:11 PM

If you're a musician, and you want to let your fans know they won't get sued if they download your songs, you should check out the Music Sharing License. It lets your fans know they can download and share, but not sell or make any commercial use out of your music. The Uptones, a Bay Area based ska band, are a great example of a band who makes a few songs available under the Music Sharing License, so their fans can download, but not worry about lawsuits.

Best Buy Sued By Ohio

Best Buy Sued By Ohio 08/20/2004 04:15 PM

Microsoft sued again

Microsoft sued again 08/29/2004 05:10 AM
USA Today Aug 29 2004 9:24AM GMT

Google to be Sued Over Name?

Google to be Sued Over Name? 05/18/2004 08:42 AM

41 more sued over music downloads

41 more sued over music downloads 12/05/2003 12:32 PM

Apple Sued Over iTunes

Apple Sued Over iTunes 01/06/2005 04:19 AM
A California man is hoping to open up iTunes to work with more devices than just Apple's iPod by suing the company, court documents have shown. The suit claims that Apple broke antitrust laws by freezing out competitors and forcing consumers to buy an iPod if they wish to make the music purchased portable.

Google Sued For Age Discrimination

Google Sued For Age Discrimination 07/25/2004 12:54 PM
Search Engine Journal Jul 25 2004 5:13PM GMT

Ebbers sued for $400m

Ebbers sued for $400m 07/12/2004 04:24 AM
WorldCom wants its money back...

Apple and Microsoft are being sued by
BTG

Apple and Microsoft are being sued by
BTG 07/21/2004 08:13 PM

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BTG Plc has launched a lawsuit at both Microsoft and Apple for their Online Update technology. BTG charges the two technology giants with an infringement on U.S. patent number 6,557,054. The total damages that BTG is asking for has not been released to the public, but rest assure that the numbers will be substantial….

MPAA Sued Over DVD Screener Ban

MPAA Sued Over DVD Screener Ban 11/25/2003 10:22 PM

Drug Fails, Get Sued

Drug Fails, Get Sued 07/19/2004 11:12 AM
Why are so many small biotechs getting slapped with lawsuits?

Blogger sued for libel

Blogger sued for libel 03/14/2005 06:21 PM
(Following links are all in Finnish. Sorry.)

Ilkka Pöyry, the headmaster of the Muhos Korivaara school, who has been using (and approving) questionable methods to give fundamentalist religious schooling to kids in the elementary grades (3-4), has sued Jani of Marginaali for libel. (Well, not really sued, it's more like asking the police to look into the matter by claiming that a crime has occurred. I don't know the English words for that.)

While Jani's tone in expressing his opinion is, in my opinion, overly harsh, his feelings are understandable. Knowing Finnish mentality the situation has had to have been really bad, if multiple families have gone against the popular opinion in a small, Finnish rural town. The person who was supposed to investigate the matter within the town reported multiple attempts to prevent his work or to arrive at a certain conclusion, including a lawsuit by the same Ilkka Pöyry (which the police found unfounded). Even an expert group investigation was declared secret by the town council, though the conclusion was made public, and resulted in the Oulu regional government issuing a warning to the headmaster.

Now Mr. Pöyry seems to go around on a rampage, trying to fix his tarnished reputation by suing people who were angered by the news articles (not a smart tactic). It will be an interesting landmark case for Finnish bloggers, because if Jani is convicted, a great many people will have to start and bite their tongues. While Jani's language is harsh, it is not unheard of, and I've read far worse comments about other people in both blogs and the USENET newsgroups. Besides, Jani has written about it only once - some others have been doing it for years.

Update: The Enter-magazine wants to know why the Oulu police is telling Jani to remove the pages, as this is clearly unconstitutional? Only a court can order web pages to be shut down...

Update2: The story of askola.org is also worth reading. A local elected representative of Askola has been holding a column on the Internet, criticizing the Central party -lead town council, and was sued for slander. He was found guilty and was sentenced to 200,000 € worth of damages (which is very high in Finland), but has since appealed to the EU human rights court. The case seems otherwise pretty usual, petty Finnish local politics, but what is really odd is that apparently two separate courts refused to say exactly what he had done wrong and point out the parts of his writings that are libelous. That worries me a lot. Anyway, he has now decided to carry a video camera with him to the council sessions and tape everything, which seems to have a very calming effect on the sessions. I think this is a good example of the transparent society in action, and how it would benefit even on a local level.

Update3: The police has now instructed Jani to remove the offending material from the website according to the ".fi top level domain rules", which state that the police can ask for a suspension of a domain, if it's suspected to be used in crime. However, Jani's web site is under the ".net" -TLD, so to me this sounds awfully like an unlawful threat... What kind of police behaviour is this!?! "Remove the stuff or we'll shut you down completely!" What happened to "innocent until proven guilty"?

Update4: The media got interested as well. Tuomas Kilpi of Enter-magazine has asked the Finnish high-ranking police officials and the Ministry of Communication wh

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Think Secret Sued By Apple

Think Secret Sued By Apple 01/05/2005 03:48 PM

What to do if you're sued by the RIAA:
update

What to do if you're sued by the RIAA:
update 01/03/2004 01:20 AM
On Declan McCullagh's Politech list, attorney Charles Mudd says:

I have updated my RIAA web page that provides general answers to questions that individuals may have regarding the RIAA's initiative. This reflects updates in light of the two opinions of recent note.

Link

RIAA sued on Racketeering!

RIAA sued on Racketeering! 02/19/2004 03:57 AM
A New Jersey woman who has been charged with file swapping by the RIAA, brought out the big guns and...

Google sued by Planet Goo

Google sued by Planet Goo 07/08/2004 03:45 AM
When colored balls clash

Google sued over copyright

Google sued over copyright 03/23/2005 11:01 PM
Globe and Mail Mar 24 2005 3:21AM GMT

Why Real sued Microsoft

Why Real sued Microsoft 12/19/2003 11:07 PM
Analysis Future battles beyond the PC

People don't think they should be sued
for downloading

People don't think they should be sued
for downloading 06/30/2004 07:48 AM

Stole that headline from Techdirt there is no other way to say it. Actually I can think of another headline but it would probably get my syndication pulled from some other sites.

Honestly though do you think the majority of people are going to say it's ok for the RIAA to Extort thousands of dollars of cash. They use a mob like tactic you pay us or we are taking you to court. Geez who has the resources to fight there hoard of Lawyers.

Techdirt has a great write up and link to the original article. [Techdirt ]

Siebel sued again by SEC
(SiliconValley.com)

Siebel sued again by SEC
(SiliconValley.com) 06/30/2004 06:10 AM
SiliconValley.com - Government regulators have sued Siebel Systems for the second time, accusing the company of violating a federal law by giving selected information to favored investors.

Apple Sued Over iTunes - Again

Apple Sued Over iTunes - Again 06/22/2005 02:02 AM
Apple has been hit with yet another lawsuit over iTunes, according to a copy of the suit obtained by Apple enthusiast site AppleInsider. Vermont-based Contois Music Technology alleges that Apple willfully infringed on Contois' patents through the design of the iTunes software.

Microsoft sued for antitrust

Microsoft sued for antitrust 08/28/2004 07:49 AM
The Australian Aug 28 2004 11:48AM GMT

Web hotel bookers sued over tax

Web hotel bookers sued over tax 01/05/2005 11:08 AM
CNN Jan 5 2005 2:16PM GMT

Best Buy sued for selling Used products
as New

Best Buy sued for selling Used products
as New 08/23/2004 06:14 AM

I have been very suspicious at times when I have looked at some of Best Buy's packaging and this seems to confirm that suspicion. [ The Register]

Seller of DVD Software Is Sued

Seller of DVD Software Is Sued 05/29/2004 03:29 AM
Los Angeles Times May 29 2004 7:16AM GMT
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