Slow-moving lawsuits over music downloads producing court twists

Slow-moving lawsuits over music downloads producing court twists
Ted Bridis, The Associated Press 2004-08-20

A woman in Milwaukee and her ex-boyfriend are under orders to pay thousands to the recording industry. A man in California refinanced his home to pay an $11,000 settlement. A year after it began, the industry's legal campaign against Internet music piracy is inching through the federal courts, producing some unexpected twists.

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Slow-moving lawsuits over music downloads producing court twists 2004-08-21
Carpefile (1 replies)

It is a sad state that not one of the people sued has had the resources to mount a defense.

It is not even known that the RIAA could win this battle in court,since everyone has either settled or lost by default.

If just one person could stand tough and fight this juggernaut in court, its possible ...

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Slow-moving lawsuits over music downloads producing court twists 2004-08-22
Anonymous

They might be able to get some assistance from the ACLU. Still, people need to wise up. Hitting delete from a menu isnt going to permanently get rid of anything, use multi-pass military grade deletion before you send your hd anywhere :)...

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Slow-moving lawsuits over music downloads producing court twists 2004-08-21
Anonymous

I first started my music collection with cassette tapes over 20 years ago. By the time the tapes wore out or degraded to the point I tossed them out I had over 200 tapes (30 in my Stones collection alone).

Since then I have accumulated a collection of over 550 CDs. Will the music companies reimbu...

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