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post Mar 22 2005, 12:51 AM
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ok i found this article... and now the RIAA is suing an old dead woman. haha read this...

In what could be classified as its biggest cock-up yet, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has sued a dead woman for swapping music files.

The Associated Press reported that the RIAA identified Gertrude Walton as a prolific file sharer known as "smittenedkitten". Accusing her of illegally trading music over the internet, the lawsuit was apparently filed more than a month after the 83-year-old woman died in December.

Her daughter, Robin Chianumba, also pointed out that Walton, who was the sole defendant in a federal lawsuit that claimed she'd shared more than 700 songs through P2P networks, hated computers and objected to having them in the house.

"[She] wouldn't know how to turn on a computer," Mrs Chianumba is reported to have told AP.

The dead woman's daughter had also faxed a copy of her mother's death certificate to RIAA officials several days before the lawsuit was filed,in response to a letter from the company regarding the upcoming legal filing.

"I am pretty sure she is not going to leave Greenwood Memorial Park (where she is buried) to attend the hearing," AP quotes Chianumba as saying. The RIAA is reported to be dropping the case.

Meanwhile a backlash in Europe is growing against what are seen as the heavy-handed measures being taken by the entertainment industry. After the enormous fine levied last week against a teacher in France for file sharing, dozens of French musicians, intellectuals and politicians are criticising what they call a "repressive" crackdown against those who download music illegally over the internet.


wow... RIAA getting pretty crazy. what do you all think about this? i say its just effin crazy to sue an old dead lady...

pee ess.:. i used the search button, didnt find anything. if there was already a topic on this, i apologize in advance =]
 
 
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post Mar 22 2005, 12:54 AM
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im scared... does the RIAA track yousendit? cause i upload albums with yousendit all the time lol
 
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post Mar 22 2005, 01:34 AM
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haha how ridiculous.
and here we are sharing music files everyday.
 
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post Mar 22 2005, 01:37 AM
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Omgsh. That makes me scared to download. _unsure.gif
 
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post Mar 22 2005, 01:48 AM
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if everyone made one month national don't-buy-any-CDs-or-online-music-with-copy-protection-month
then they would stop with all that copy protection stuff

we have power!
 
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post Mar 22 2005, 02:05 AM
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The woman's dead? And they sued her her?
Ahha, that's funky.
 
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post Mar 22 2005, 02:13 AM
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thats sad..they're trying to sue a dead woman...my gosh..shes dead already u cant do anything about it...
 
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post Mar 22 2005, 03:00 AM
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ok first off, we swap files everyday all over the internet. why do they choose to sue this one woman?
i dunno mabye the su-err is like her jealous ex or something and wants to get back at her laugh.gif
 
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post Mar 22 2005, 03:08 AM
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yup there was no topic about this...but that's STUPID for suing a dead old lady! rofl but pretty funny at the same time. and like blondiechick says... i had to agree with her because she said "we swap files all over the internet, why do they choose to sue this one woman" LOL!! that is funny.. why her when she's like DEAD already!! rofl!! and like blondiechick said... maybe the sue-err is like her jealous ex and just want to get back at her! that might be true... lol this is totally funny.. i cant believe they are doing that. or maybe they just want to pick on someone... more like "dead" people just so they can make other people laugh about it? hehe.
 
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post Mar 22 2005, 06:50 AM
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i consider myself very lucky... people who get "caught" only get sued... thank god i gave up downloading for lent.. haha.
 
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post Mar 22 2005, 08:11 AM
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hahhahahahah that's hilarious.
 
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post Mar 22 2005, 10:58 AM
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QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Mar 22 2005, 1:48 AM)
if everyone made one month national  don't-buy-any-CDs-or-online-music-with-copy-protection-month
then they would stop with all that copy protection stuff

we have power!
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haha, so true. the riaa wont quit bitching until they get everyone in the world to stop illegally downloading music, which will never happen so they will keep suing dead people...? why sue dead people if they will never get to download music files again anyway lmao crazy.gif
 
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post Mar 22 2005, 02:59 PM
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lol yeah i read this article before. But that's just desperate, I mean let the women be dead in peace!
 
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post Mar 22 2005, 03:01 PM
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wow but yeah they cant get me I live in a diff country.
 
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post Mar 22 2005, 03:05 PM
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Lol... they're wasting their time...
 
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post Mar 22 2005, 03:08 PM
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i dont give a shit about RIAA. i'll still download as many songs as i want. they make lots of money as it is.
 
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post Mar 22 2005, 03:27 PM
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^exactly. they are just greedy buisness men who will sue anything that moves...or in this case, moved
 
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post Mar 22 2005, 03:31 PM
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Haha. There will always be file sharing. EVEN if they stop those p2p sharing programs, there will always be loopholes.

In fact, AIM allows people to send files. In fact, I even sent solipsist (sp?) an anime episode a long time ago. All someone has to do is create a big chatroom and have people log in there and then get the files. It's as simple as that. Although illegal sharing is bad, it sucks to have to pay so much for something. Bleh :/
 
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