Granny Sues RIAA Over Unlicensed Investigator 206
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "An elderly, non-file-sharing grandmother from East Texas, who had been sued by the RIAA after being displaced by Hurricane Rita, has sought leave to file counterclaims against the RIAA record companies for using unlicensed investigators. In her counterclaims (PDF) Ms. Crain claims that the record companies 'entered into an agreement with a private investigations company to provide investigative services which led to the production of evidence to be used in court against counterclaim plaintiff, including the identification of an IP address on the basis of which counterclaim defendants filed their suit... [They] were at the time of this agreement aware that the aforementioned private investigations company was unlicensed to conduct investigations in the State of Texas specifically, and in other states as well... [T]hey agreed between themselves and understood that unlicensed and unlawful investigations would take place in order to provide evidence for this lawsuit, as well as thousands of others as part of a mass litigation campaign... [T]he private investigations company hired by plaintiffs engaged in one or more overt acts of unlawful private investigation... Such actions constitute civil conspiracy under Texas common law.'"
I wonder if she's from Pasadena? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The RIAA is such a broken record.... (Score:4, Funny)
Jimmy
Re:The RIAA is such a broken record.... (Score:2, Funny)
Nah - it's handled by the automatic deduction off the royalties for breakage.
Re:Lawyers Rock (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Lawyers Rock (Score:3, Funny)
Re:And yet... (Score:4, Funny)
I guess in Texas... (Score:5, Funny)
In Texas, old ladies SUE YOU!
Re:you GO, girl! (Score:5, Funny)
Its the little old lady who got a subpoena (Score:5, Funny)
Go granny, go granny, go granny go
She got a mean nasty letter after fleeing hurricane Rita
Go granny, go granny, go granny go
It said "Hey, we caught you downloading our garbage,
so we've hired a bunch of lawyers to sue you to Dodge!"
And everybody's saying theres nobody meaner
Than the mean nasty lawyers from the RIAAaaahhhh
They sue real fast and with no good reason
They're like "Grandmas should be in open season!"
Its the little old lady who got a subpoena...
You can see her on the stand telling the truth now
Go granny, go granny, go granny go
With her four lawyers and her bi-focal glasses now
Go granny, go granny, go granny go
"Them lousy RIAA jerks hired an investigator
who would be better occupied as my personal masturbator!"
You can see her on the stand her kickin' RIAA ass now
Go granny, go granny, go granny go
With her four salivating lawyers and her beehive hair now
Go granny, go granny, go granny go
She's gonna have an RIAA executive as her waiter
cause they cant help being evil vindicators
And everybodys saying theres nobody meaner
Than the little old lady who got a subpoena
She counter sues real fast and packs a punch
They say She's out to eat some asshole's lunch...
Its the little old lady who got a subpoena
Re:And yet... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:RIAA put some grannies in the ambulance ... (Score:4, Funny)
You'll recall from an earlier article [slashdot.org] that Tanya Anderson's lawyer (in Oregon) found a number of grounds [ilrweb.com] on which to countersue.
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I expect we'll shortly see television ads from the law offices of James Sokolove [jimsokolove.com] asking whether you have received a settlement request from the RIAA [...]
Re:Lawyers Rock (Score:4, Funny)
Re:RIAA put some grannies in the ambulance ... (Score:5, Funny)
You wouldn't say that if you were standing in front of them. 8^)
Re:There's no reason to hunt them all down (Score:5, Funny)
Yarr!
Please pay for your copyright violation. (Score:3, Funny)
Signed,
The RIAA
Re:Its the little old lady who got a subpoena-D/L (Score:5, Funny)
Oops, WinMX is down.
Re:RIAA put some grannies in the ambulance ... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Note to Ray (Score:3, Funny)
No kidding. These people are scary.
Re:Lawyers Rock (Score:4, Funny)
I kid, I kid.
Re:Hell Yeah! (Score:3, Funny)