Nearly 1500 people have been sued by the RIAA

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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...

532 poor saps getting sued by the RIAA

532 poor saps getting sued by the RIAA 01/22/2004 02:47 AM
Well the RIAA who continues to strong arm consumers in Mafia like tactics have went after 532 more file swappers....

RIAA Sued For Violating P2P Patent

RIAA Sued For Violating P2P Patent 09/09/2004 03:51 AM
While some may consider it poetic justice to hear that the RIAA has been sued by a P2P company for patent infringement, the news really isn't that great. It's really not particularly unexpected either. Altnet made it clear last year that they would use their patent for identifying files via a hash to sue the music industry for spying on file sharers. Altnet is barely a typical file sharing company either. While it does seem to have a convoluted relationship with Kazaa, it's really a system for interjecting copy protected files into Kazaa's system. The patent, like so many these days, seems quite questionable (and fairly obvious). The RIAA, of course, will fail to see the irony of being hit up with an intellectual property charge, and it will do nothing to change their behavior. All we really end up with is yet another bad patent lawsuit that will do little to move the industry forward.

Pepsi Ad Using Kids Sued By The RIAA

Pepsi Ad Using Kids Sued By The RIAA 01/23/2004 02:23 PM
Well, we're approaching Super Bowl time, and I'm seeing plenty of articles (as always) about all the funky Super Bowl ads that people are preparing. However, Pepsi has put together one of the odder ones. As part of their promotion to give away iTunes songs, they've put together an ad showing a bunch of kids that have been sued by the RIAA for file sharing, and had them say "we're still going to download for free!" - thanks to Pepsi's limited time iTunes promotion, of course.

sued by the RIAA? appear in a pepsi
commercial!

sued by the RIAA? appear in a pepsi
commercial! 01/24/2004 03:32 AM
Pepsi's Superbowl ad for their iTunes promotion .. Pepsi / iTunes giveaway ads to be "sassy" .. Pepsi Ads Wink At Music Downloading .. bashing it has gone mainstream .. wink

usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-01-22-sb-pepsi_x.htm
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RIAA sued under gang laws

RIAA sued under gang laws 02/18/2004 05:31 PM
A woman who the record label group accuses of copyright infringement fires back, saying labels are breaking racketeering laws.

More file-swappers sued by RIAA

More file-swappers sued by RIAA 12/04/2003 04:58 AM
Silicon.com Dec 4 2003 3:15AM ET

RIAA being sued for violating
anti-racketeering laws

RIAA being sued for violating
anti-racketeering laws 02/18/2004 11:58 PM
One target of the RIAA has decided to counter-sue the RIAA, alleging that this practice is tantamount to racketeering as prohibited by Federal law-law designed to attack organized crime.

Comcast Sued For Handing Over Subscriber
Info To The RIAA

Comcast Sued For Handing Over Subscriber
Info To The RIAA 04/14/2005 06:23 PM
After quite a long battle, the courts finally decided that ISPs didn't have to just hand over subscriber info whenever the RIAA came calling. The RIAA needed to first file a lawsuit and a subpoena -- going through the official legal process to get someone's info. However, what happens when an ISP does just hand over a name? That question is now being raised, as a woman has sued Comcast for disclosing her private information to the recording industry, claiming they violated her privacy. No lawsuit was filed by the RIAA. Comcast just gave her info over to them -- and the RIAA then passed it on to some sort of collections agency. What's strange here is that, while Verizon was clearly willing to fight to protect the privacy of its subscribers, it appears Comcast had no problem rolling right over when the RIAA came calling.

Comcast Sued For Giving Customer Info to
RIAA

Comcast Sued For Giving Customer Info to
RIAA 04/15/2005 06:16 PM

Comcast sued for handing over customer
data to RIAA

Comcast sued for handing over customer
data to RIAA 04/15/2005 03:35 PM
Xeni Jardin: America's largest cable provider is being sued by a woman who claims the company voluntarily forked over her personal account data to the RIAA.

In a lawsuit filed in King County, Wash., Dawnell Leadbetter said that she was contacted by a debt collection agency in January and told to pay a $4,500 for downloading copyright-protected music or face a lawsuit for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Leadbetter, a mother of two teenage children, was a customer of Comcast's high-speed Internet access service.

The company, Settlement Support Center, based in Washington state, was using information that the Recording Industry of Association of America had obtained in a Philadelphia lawsuit over the illegal sharing of digital music files, said Lory Lybeck, the lawyer representing Leadbetter. Making sense of Wi-Fi's alphabet soup

But no court authorized Comcast to release names and addresses of its customers, or notified his client that her information had been given to an outside party, Lybeck said. "Comcast should respect the rights of privacy who pay them monthly bills," Lybeck said.

Link (Thanks, Nat)

Dead, Non-Computer Owner Sued By The
RIAA For Swapping 700 Songs

Dead, Non-Computer Owner Sued By The
RIAA For Swapping 700 Songs 02/05/2005 09:49 PM
There have been plenty of stories about the entertainment industry threate ning completely innocent people, but now they're getting even worse. According to Broadband Reports among the people sued in the latest batch of lawsuits from the RIAA was an 83-year-old woman who is now deceased. Even when she was alive she never owned a computer, let alone had the username "smittenedkitten," or shared over 700 songs online. The RIAA responds, oh so politely, by saying they'll now dismiss the case. However, that's not the real issue. All of these examples show that the RIAA doesn't really know who's doing what -- and yet they're filing tons of indiscriminate lawsuits. Every time a screwup like this happens, they apologize and remove the lawsuit, but shouldn't they be punished for filing frivolous lawsuits? It's clear that they really don't have the right tools to be able to tell who actually committed a crime. A smart lawyer should use these cases to show that the industry has no real evidence that any of these lawsuits are valid.

Woman sued for file-sharing brings RICO
countersuit against RIAA

Woman sued for file-sharing brings RICO
countersuit against RIAA 02/18/2004 10:53 AM
A New Jersey mom who was sued for file-sharing by the RIAA has brought a countersuit for racketeering.

The Rockaway Township woman, who claims she was targeted for her teenager's school research project, is among hundreds of individuals sued by the music industry since last summer. Another 531 computer users were sued yesterday in "John Doe" suits filed in Trenton, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Orlando.

Labels are using "scare tactics (that) amount to extortion" in efforts to extract settlements, Scimeca alleges in legal papers sent to the U.S. District Court in Newark.

"They're banding together to extort money, telling people they're guilty and they will have to pay big bucks to defend their cases if they don't pony up now. It is fundamentally not fair," Scimeca's lawyer, Bart Lombardo, said yesterday. The Cranford attorney said he occasionally downloads songs for personal use and sees nothing wrong with that.

Link (Thanks, Jason!)

Pepsi/iTunes Super Bowl ad to feature
teens sued by RIAA

Pepsi/iTunes Super Bowl ad to feature
teens sued by RIAA 01/23/2004 02:19 PM
About 20 teens sued by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for unauthorized music downloads will appear in Pepsi's upcoming Super Bowl ad, which will launch the 100 million song iTunes promotion on Feb...

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 ]

Shocker: People Don't Think They Should
Be Sued For Downloading

Shocker: People Don't Think They Should
Be Sued For Downloading 06/29/2004 09:49 PM
A new study shows that completely unsurprising results that most people don't think the RIAA should be suing people for downloading. While the majority of those over 55 had no problem with the lawsuits, under that age barrier they felt the RIAA was going too far. Of course, the RIAA lawsuits are not about downloading. Every one of the lawsuits so far have been about offering songs (i.e., potentially uploading songs) rather than the actual downloading of songs. Still, it certainly suggests that people are getting fed up with the RIAA's heavy handed tactics.

RIAA: We see dead people

RIAA: We see dead people 02/06/2005 03:06 AM
Register .. tonight

theregister.co.uk/2005/02/05/riaa_sues_the_dead
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The RIAA Sues 482 More People

The RIAA Sues 482 More People 06/22/2004 08:46 PM

RIAA Sues 477 More People

RIAA Sues 477 More People 04/29/2004 05:00 AM
The music group continues its lawsuit blitz, targeting dozens more college students and hundreds of other computer users. The industry has now filed 2,454 suits since last summer, although none of the cases has yet gone to trial.

RIAA sues another 493 people

RIAA sues another 493 people 05/25/2004 07:05 AM

Seems the RIAA has to make payroll as they have sued another 493 people for copyright infringement with the total coming to nearly 3000. They have become one of the most hated organizations in the United States by users of File Sharing when will the madness end. [DesignTechnica< /a>]

Clay Shirky talks about the RIAA forcing
people to adopt Encryption

Clay Shirky talks about the RIAA forcing
people to adopt Encryption 12/18/2003 02:28 PM
I have always been intrigued with encryption and use PGP on select e-mail from time to time and understand the...

Build It: A $1500 All-Around PC

Build It: A $1500 All-Around PC 06/30/2004 12:59 AM
Our faithful readers have asked us to piece together a less task-specific machine. So here it is: A sub-$2000 PC that works well for a wide variety of applications.

NHJ VHD-1500 1.5GB Music Player

NHJ VHD-1500 1.5GB Music Player 07/30/2004 07:07 AM

When I4U mentioned this new 1.5GB hard disk music player from NHJ Japan, they wondered why NHJ isn't released a 4GB version to compete with the Apple iPod mini, musing that perhaps Apple bought all the 4GB drives available. Last I heard, that's pretty much the case, actually.

This VHD-1500 player, while still the same price as the iPod mini, does at least beat it in one area: it's just a little smaller and a little lighter (plus has the FM receiver that Apple continues to refuse to integrate into the iPod).

Read - New NHJ VHD-1500 1.5GB HDD Music Player [I4U]

New: DoubleSight DS-1500 LCD display

New: DoubleSight DS-1500 LCD display 01/07/2004 02:09 PM
The DoubleSight DS-1500 dual LCD monitor mounts two 15-inch LCD flat panels side-by-side on a single tilt and swivel base.

Pilot wants to know if people flying in
his plane are "Christians" - asks people
to raise their hands

Pilot wants to know if people flying in
his plane are "Christians" - asks people
to raise their hands 02/10/2004 09:18 AM
CNN.com - Passengers: Pilot promotes faith on flight .. Pilot's proselytizing scares passengers .. FLYING THE PLANES!!!!

cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/02/09/airline.christianity/index.html
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Japanese Firm Picks Inkra 1500 VSS

Japanese Firm Picks Inkra 1500 VSS 08/19/2004 03:14 PM
theWHIR Aug 19 2004 6:56PM GMT

Sun's new UltraSPARC workstation: the
Blade 1500

Sun's new UltraSPARC workstation: the
Blade 1500 01/17/2004 10:45 PM
Slashdot Jan 18 2004 1:28AM GMT

"people it's somehow understandable how
some people might be driven to kill
"activist" Judges who make unpopular
decisions"

"people it's somehow understandable how
some people might be driven to kill
"activist" Judges who make unpopular
decisions" 04/06/2005 03:07 AM

Correspondences - News By the People For
People: Who captured Saddam Hussein?

Correspondences - News By the People For
People: Who captured Saddam Hussein? 12/22/2003 07:54 AM
Well, the cat is out of the bag so to speak. Saddam Hussein was captured by Kurds, not US forces. 12/22 .. (even more) .. more

correspondences.org/archives/000507.html
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DirecTV Plans 1500 HiDef Channels by End
of 2007

DirecTV Plans 1500 HiDef Channels by End
of 2007 09/10/2004 12:14 AM

Unofficial multiregional Hack for the
Kiss 450, 470, 1500 & 1504 DVD Players

Unofficial multiregional Hack for the
Kiss 450, 470, 1500 & 1504 DVD Players 07/14/2004 08:30 AM

El gobierno francés migra 1500
servidores de Windows NT a Linux

El gobierno francés migra 1500
servidores de Windows NT a Linux 07/09/2004 04:33 PM

Go Digital: 1500 GMT / 1600 BST The net
in Samoa and making music from the
sounds around us

Go Digital: 1500 GMT / 1600 BST The net
in Samoa and making music from the
sounds around us 08/23/2004 04:47 AM
BBC Aug 23 2004 9:35AM GMT

SES AMERICOM Delivers the Internet to
1500 Schools in Puerto Rico

SES AMERICOM Delivers the Internet to
1500 Schools in Puerto Rico 08/30/2004 06:35 AM
Biz.yahoo.com - Mon Aug 30, 08:35 am GMT

Go Digital: 1500 GMT / 160 BST How far
do past visions of the future match the
present?

Go Digital: 1500 GMT / 160 BST How far
do past visions of the future match the
present? 04/12/2004 07:37 AM
BBC Apr 12 2004 11:56AM GMT

Go Digital: 1500 GMT / 1600 BST 10 years
of net cafes and the appeal of The Sims
game

Go Digital: 1500 GMT / 1600 BST 10 years
of net cafes and the appeal of The Sims
game 09/13/2004 05:28 AM
BBC Sep 13 2004 9:42AM GMT

Go Digital: 1500 GMT / 1600 BST In
pursuit of perfect acoustics and mobiles
as concept art

Go Digital: 1500 GMT / 1600 BST In
pursuit of perfect acoustics and mobiles
as concept art 05/03/2004 03:44 AM
BBC May 3 2004 8:01AM GMT

Go Digital: 1500 GMT / 1600 BST Internet
censorship around the world and
e-farming in India

Go Digital: 1500 GMT / 1600 BST Internet
censorship around the world and
e-farming in India 08/02/2004 05:03 AM
BBC Aug 2 2004 9:32AM GMT
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