RIAA Accepts $300 Offer of Judgement In Carolina 165
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In a North Carolina case, Capitol v. Frye, the RIAA has accepted a $300 offer of judgment made by the defendant. This is the first known use, in the RIAA v. Consumer cases, of the formal offer of judgment procedure which provides that if the plaintiff doesn't accept the offer, and doesn't later get a judgment for a larger amount, the plaintiff is responsible for all of the court costs from that point on in the case. The accepted judgment in the Frye case (PDF) also contains an injunction — much more limited than the RIAA's typical 'settlement' injunction (PDF) — under which defendant agreed not to infringe plaintiffs' copyrights."
Hey (Score:0, Funny)
The user who mods this flamebait or troll or offtopic must be an RIAA supporter.
Re:Hey (Score:4, Funny)
Now that I've meta-moderated your meta-moderation, I need a nap.
thanks for the summary! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Decent Resolution (Score:5, Funny)
Sure, it wasn't do by registered detectives and is therefore illegal, but we tried!!
Re:Sorry for being picky, but... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I'm no lawyer, but (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I'm no lawyer, but (Score:3, Funny)
Note, in cases in which the suit is simply wrong in alleging you've fileshared, an "offer of judgment" is going to SHIFT THE BURDEN TO THE RIAA to make DAMN sure they haven't been careless in their statement of claim. An offer of judgment is apparently going to be POWERFUL in fighting these b*****ds. And if you're a one-file-at-a-time kind of guy, $750.00 is cheap to buy out of this fscked-up RIAA misery.
Congress should rein in the **AAs, but I doubt they are going to. This is a great evil. Corporate America has co-opted our culture and is fighting hard to keep control in perpetuity.
It's called Habeas Lucrus :-) [EOM] (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I'm no lawyer, but (Score:3, Funny)
You wrote: "**AA"s
Wouldn't it be more proper to use "??AA"s
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Re:I really don't follow this?? (Score:1, Funny)
And the roads. And sanitation. And irrigation, medicine, the aqueduct...