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+-   RIAA sues homeless man -> on Thursday April 17 2008, @04:50PM NewYorkCountryLawyer

Submitted by NewYorkCountryLawyer on Thursday April 17 2008, @04:50PM
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NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In a Manhattan case, Warner v. Berry, the RIAA sued a man who lives in a homeless shelter, leaving a copy of the summons and complaint not at the homeless shelter, but at an apartment the man had occupied in better times, and had long since vacated. The RIAA's lawyers were threatened with sanctions by the Magistrate Judge in the case, for making misleading representations to the Court which the Magistrate felt were intentional. The District Judge, however, disagreed with imposing sanctions, giving the RIAA's lawyers "as officers of the Court the benefit of the doubt", and instead concluded — in his 6-page opinion (pdf) — that the RIAA's lawyers were just being "sloppy" and had not made the misstatements for an "improper purpose"."
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