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- modian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6The text of the letter:
Dear Judge Trager:
We are the attorneys for the defendant Marie Linder. We respectfully request a pre-motion conference in order to make a summary judgment motion dismissing the complaint, and for attorneys fees under the Copyright Act. Ms. Linder is a home health aide who not only never "downloaded, distributed, or made available for distribution" any files, but has never purchased, used, or even turned on, a computer, in her life. Thank you.
Respectfully yours,
Morlan Ty Rogers - superfunkypants, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9It's "COULDN'T" care less...jeez :)
- Sabot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3We need a site called protecting Grandma from the RIAA. Next they will be going after kids. Oh wait they already did that.
- skunkman62, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"SUCH old news...no digg"
-febryle
it cant be too old the document was dated today, 02/02/06. - felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3THANK YOU to everyone who jumped on the "could care less" vs. "couldn't care less."
It's got to be one of my biggest pet peeves. - Live4Soccer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Link to the letter submitted today...
http://www.lifeofalawyer.com/riaa/umg_lindor_lettersumjudgmot.pdf
The response to the RIAA was just submitted today...the links are from the blog set up by the Lawyers... - jayf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I don't think that the RIAA doesn't care about computer literacy.
It's more likely that they are ashamed of their mistakes and are acting unapologetic.
I'm sure some people in the grave and who have been dead since long before the
internet was created are receiving their papers from the RIAA right now.
We need an application that tells people what to listen to (dumb people are paying
the RIAA for this very service) but directs them to independent/non-RIAA music
with a better level of service and convenience.
Asking people to be proactive and go and find that music is expecting a lot I suppose. - zarand, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I really hope this gets a TON of press and makes the RIAA a laughing stock. They really need to be put down.
- rjnerd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I am waiting for the RIAA to sue someone who has been deaf since birth...
- HokieGeek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Anybody have a better version of this article that has more detail? Interesting enough, i think, but i'm kinda curious as to what the RIAA says exactly. article was a tad vague.
- robjules, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2actually it's - "couldn't care less"
- kyle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2COULDN"T CARE LESS!!!!
- Reddog_x2000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Good for publicity purposes. But, not a big deal in the scheme of things. If this woman is actually as clean as they claim, the case will be dropped or dismissed . The RIAA will simply claim it was misinformed or blame it on a clerical error. It won't do anything to make filesharing safe and legal.
- nightsweat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I really could care less. No, seriously - I care.
- nene7070, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1according to their website, they do not believe that ripping cd's, and using them in such a way that they can go onto any music player out there, is wrong.. Yet, they support the use of DRM software that prevents exactly this.... do they even know what they are talking about anymore, or they making it up as they go along?
- topgigmedia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1RIAA (Rape Innocent Americas Anally)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2If they could care less, don't you think they would? You meant to say "couldn't care less."
- mistshadow2k4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0To al those think it's unlikley she's ever used a compute: stop being a nerd for just one day and go out and talk to people! You CLEARLY don't know what you're talking about. Believe it or not, there are still plenty of folks out there who don't have a computer, and if they're older, chances are they've never used one either. I know several in my own damn family and I'm a nerd who gets paid to work on computers, so I know good and well there are still a lot of others in this town who don't have one. A computer is not a necesity of life to everyone.
- trimsheenapple, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"People need to understand that "I could care less" *is a sarcastic idiom*."
Yeah that's what I always assumed. But then again, my iq is through the roof. - Slinker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm waiting for someone to find the IP addresses of the RIAA, and make them sue themselves without knowing it.
- shoop008, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Someone's internet access is under her name. She probably pays for her son's access or something like that.
- deathpasser, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0bussche: maybe the computer was already turned on when she got there
"...but [she] has never purchased, used, or even turned on, a computer, in her life." -from the letter
Maybe you should actually read the crap that's being dugg before commenting? - bussche, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0maybe the computer was already turned on when she got there
- jasqwerty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0So no one has the balls to man up and reply to my post in any way (by that I mean not agreeing)? Either admit she's either completely *****, or agree she should sue the ISP & RIAA for a boatload of charges ranging for libel, slander, to full out harrasment for lots of $$$$.
- perral1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0You know, there's a dead horse on the ground named "it's couldn't, not could" that people won't stop kicking...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think the RIAA is sueing random people
- Kashey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0She was probably downloading gangsta rap.:)) Like always.
- SuperSloth, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1perral1: No doubt.
People need to understand that "I could care less" *is a sarcastic idiom*. - StealthTomato, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Never used a computer before? Odds are you're not reading this."
Had to be said. :) - joshwehatetech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Eventually enough of these will collect and some lawyer will try to make a name for himself/herself/their firm/wants ton of money/etc and go after them. Just let the ruthlessness of lawyers work in our favor :-).
- TheGalacticFork, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Sometimes I wonder if the RIAA thinks they're actually scaring people or making them laugh...
"Hey, I'm suing you for using a computer based file sharing system to distribute music even though you've never used a computer before!" - ArthurSucks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0RIAA vs EVERYBODY.. The sad thing is that it's beyond right and wrong. It's now a lawyer wrestling match. Fukkin weak.
- 0Troy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@sonoca
That seems to make the most sense...
Are the names of the defendents every 100th name out of the phone book? - Live4Soccer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Good for publicity purposes. But, not a big deal in the scheme of things. If this woman is actually as clean as they claim, the case will be dropped or dismissed . The RIAA will simply claim it was misinformed or blame it on a clerical error. It won't do anything to make filesharing safe and legal."
The same justification can be used for tapping phones without a warrant. "So we trample a few freedoms, big deal." Hopefully if more and more of these "oops" lawsuits are brought to the public's attention, we can end this silly process and scale back the DMCA to, oh I don't know, allow the free market to decide what industry succeeds or not. We're seeing signs of record labels turning on the RIAA and even some lawmakers (Sinunu) are starting to question the tactics of the RIAA and MPAA...anything to give a black eye to these gangsters is OK in book... - ever, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0dugg.
RIAA.. ~I lUv u~ U t3H k1Ng =) - Mesach, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Has she ever thought to see if her identity was stolen?
- ACalcutt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@RMuffin - "I am going to kill the RIAA."
is this a quote from steve balmer ;-) LOL - ApplePenguin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0nice to see I'm not the only one that's disturbed by the excessive, use, of, commas....
- Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think I'll use this defense if they ever come after me. This isn't me typing, it's a bot which I wrote in Assembly on a piece of paper and had a minion enter on a computer.
- jasqwerty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I don't know why all of you hurry into your circle jerk every time this happens. Do you realize that the RIAA and others file John Doe subpoenas to the IP's ISP, and then they cough up the info. Why don't any of you, or even the people getting sued, ever sue or complain about how exactly they were fingered by an ISP since if they never even had a computer, I'm doubting they ever had a business relationship with an ISP.
- themattman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Why dosen't anyone sue the RIAA for unlawful suits?
- WyldWaitress, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is really strange. Their MO is generally to John-Doe sue in batches to get the real names of the defendants from their ISPs, right? If this woman's never owned a computer or an account with an ISP, how did the RIAA get her name at all? Are they suing people at random from phone books now?
Or, what jasqwerty said. - Soldan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0just stop buying records....and listening to the radio.... if you want music just go down to your local bar..I am sure at least one of them will have live music night...then there is always... resturants you can hear music there since it makes you eat more..
there are more interesting things to hoard than mp3s or pr0n anyhow...how much music can you really listen too anyhow... save up money take a trip to see a band live once in a while.... - djdole, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Someone needs to pass a law prohibiting abuse of the legal system. Like a MAXIMUM number of lawsuits an entity can file per year, because this crap the RIAA is pulling is *****, or a set limit on the amount of money that can be used for cases. I don’t know, it just seems people should have the right to a FAIR trial.
The RIAA has the money to push the judgment their way in pretty much ANY case, and they don't care about who they sue.
What I want to see is the RIAA sue a Recording artist that downloaded & shared another artist's music.
Doubt we'll see that anytime soon though. We'll probably see it when "Recording Artists Fly".
The public is NOT the RIAA's "money-trough". - Raithmir, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1"People need to understand that "I could care less" *is a sarcastic idiom*."
No it isn't. Saying it's sarcasm is just an excuse for bad grammar... and since when did American's understand sarcasm?.... I'm kidding, I'm kidding! :) - Malik112099, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The RIAA's precogs in their pre-crime unit saw her download music next year
- NekstBestThing, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0omfg
- podcastnyc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0A last name does not uniquely identify a person. Not by a long shot. So are they suing everyone in the U.S. with the last name Lindor? There is not one thing in the suit filing that positively ties that woman to the kazaa account for which they provided screenshots. This is nothing more than the RIAA trying to overwhelm and intimidate average people with confusing legal motions that they have little defense against due to minimal financial means. Where's the ACLU when you need them? Wait, please don't answer than one...
- aUSa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0For someone who has never used a computer, she somehow has a Kazaa account with 730 copyrighted songs on it. See a copy of the complaint at: http://www.eisinger.net/law/RIAA_v_Lindor.pdf (3.1 MB). While it might not be hers, it has her last name in it and the RIAA obviously tied it to her somehow -- in theory with some evidence if they were able to file the suit.
While I appreciate that most people are less than fond of the RIAA, and rightly so, the newsworthiness of a statement by defense counsel, without more, is a bit suspect. - didit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0meh. it's called PRE-EMPTIVE attacks.
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