So, you don’t own a computer and don’t have internet access. Why should you care who or what the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) is? After reading this, you may think twice about that.
In the RIAA’s latest lawsuit extravaganza, they have managed to sue a family with no computer and no internet access. Carma Walls is the latest victim of the RIAA who’s subpoena states:
"Plaintiffs are informed and believe that Defendant, without the permission or consent of Plaintiffs, has used, and continues to use, an online media distribution system to download the copyrighted recordings, to distribute the copyrighted recordings to the public, and/or to make the copyrighted recordings available for distribution to others'."
What’s interesting here is that the subpoena says "has used, and continues to use." However, as stated before the Walls don’t even own a computer or have any internet access. Are you really surprised? How can they “continue to use” something they do not have (and have never had) in their possession.
Walls also stated that his family has lived at their current address less than a year. The prior occupants could have had a computer and internet access. The prior family could also be the at fault party. However, the RIAA is refusing to even consider this a possibility and insists that Carma Walls infringed eight copyrights.
News source: p2pnet.net
In the RIAA’s latest lawsuit extravaganza, they have managed to sue a family with no computer and no internet access. Carma Walls is the latest victim of the RIAA who’s subpoena states:
"Plaintiffs are informed and believe that Defendant, without the permission or consent of Plaintiffs, has used, and continues to use, an online media distribution system to download the copyrighted recordings, to distribute the copyrighted recordings to the public, and/or to make the copyrighted recordings available for distribution to others'."
What’s interesting here is that the subpoena says "has used, and continues to use." However, as stated before the Walls don’t even own a computer or have any internet access. Are you really surprised? How can they “continue to use” something they do not have (and have never had) in their possession.
Walls also stated that his family has lived at their current address less than a year. The prior occupants could have had a computer and internet access. The prior family could also be the at fault party. However, the RIAA is refusing to even consider this a possibility and insists that Carma Walls infringed eight copyrights.
News source: p2pnet.net
thats pretty pathetic
Of RIAA I mean:p
"Where unprofessional journalism looks better" yeah right...
Now you are compairing apples and oranges.
I'm simply saying that "old news" is relative to the reader. What's old to some, is not old to all. Judging by the majority of the comments in this article, there where a lot of people who don't consider this "old news" and are here reading it for the first time.
its knida the same
its knida the same
It's a moot point. The fact of the matter is that the article was posted here today. Not everyone has already heard about it. If you wish to have more recent news feel free to use the news submission page available here on Neowin. If you choose not to use it, you have no right to complain. This story was not previously submitted.
Might want to be careful. You may get sued for saying that. HEHE
This is a useless case. If the judge was smart, he or she will just throw it out of court. This would be like charging Martha Stewart for the O.J Simpson case.
i think the judges should take there fingers out their ass's and put an end to all of this, the judge can simply throw the case out the window as its totally unreliable
I agree mr_skrilla, iv seen things on digg.com way before they showup here, i should start going there.
Back to the RIAA. Not being American, surely your courts see through these ridiculous lawsuits, don't they?
With the amount of successful lawsuits from the RIAA, I'm beginning to wonder.
This would put an end to the RIAA.
and send a message to all recording artists, that the public will no longer be threatened by the RIAA, and if you stand with the RIAA and it's bullying of innocent people then your career is toast !
nuff said, It's the people who have control to do something about the RIAA, STOP buying music !
The RIAA is akin to big brother imho.. whatcha guys think?
Everybody talks about how bad is piracy and everybody illegaly download music and movies
Stop pirating music and movies, and RIAA will die...
Stop pirating music and movies, and RIAA will die...
I thought the point of this article was that these people hadn't done a single thing wrong, and yet the RIAA was still on their case?
The way I see it, there's no way out of this now. One could say that the RIAA are only doing this because not enough people are scared. I mean heck, what's scarier than getting in to trouble for something you haven't even done? Especially with the levels of money the RIAA seems to charge people for, this kind of thing could destroy a family. Considering they did nothing wrong, that's pretty harsh.
How low can RIAA go =/
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After all it clearly wasnt them.........
Btw, its the first time i read this article...stop complaining you read it somewhere else.
Not everybody is a networm like some.
[url=Hometown newspaper]http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpid=728&show=archivedetails&ArchiveID=1180533&om=1[/url]
HEre's her story. Guess what? She DID download music on a pc owned for 2 months. She is going to use a ignorance plea to get out of it. Hate to say it, the RIAA has an open and shut case against her. I actually lived in this town when I was a kid and my dad lives there now. Beleive me...The IGNORANCE plea really could work...
edit: so, what, the links don't work?
One more reason to continue my downloads. :p
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