Post by Yoon on Aug 14, 2006 15:52:13 GMT -5
Another pathetic move made by the RIAA: 
RIAA targets dead man's kids
p2pnet.net News:- Warner Bros Records, and other members of the Organized Music family, say they'll give the children of a man they were tyrannizing for alleged copyright infringement extra time to "grieve" over their father's death.
Then it'll be back to business.
“Warner Music Group reported ... soaring digital music sales, even as the company continues to lose money and faces numerous lawsuits related to alleged price fixing of music downloads. In documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Warner Music said the company has been named in 14 class-action lawsuits, most of which allege a 'conspiracy among record companies to fix prices for downloads'."
These are the introductory paragraphs to a ZDNet story on Warner Music, a founder member of the multi-billion-dollar Organized Music gang who claim they're being “devastated” by people, including children, who share music with each other.
Warner, et al, have since 2003 been running a bizarre and vicious sue 'em all marketing campaign under which they're trying to terrorize millions of their own customers, whom they're calling 'criminals' and 'thieves,' into toeing the corporate bottom line.
Using their RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), the Big Four say p2p file sharing robs them of sales, although they haven't been able to show any proof of this, and they say they've sued close to 19,000 Americans for the non-existent crime of file sharing, even though not one of these victims has yet been found guilty of anything in a civil court.
Larry Scantlebury, one of the people the RIAA has been trying to intimidate, died in June. But rather than do the decent thing - drop the specious case - the Big Four are giving Scantlebury's children 60 days to mourn, after which they want RIAA lawyers to grill them.
In a motion to judge Anna Diggs Taylor to extend the deadline following Scantlebury's death, “Plaintiffs Warner Bros. Records Inc., Sony BMG Music Entertainment, UMG Recordings, Inc., BMG Music, Arista Records LLC, Capitol Records, Inc., and Atlantic Recording Corporation (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), respectfully request the Court stay the case for 60 days and extend all deadlines 60 days,” they say, going on:
In support thereof, Plaintiffs state the following:
1. Plaintiffs have recently learned that Defendant, Larry Scantlebury, passed away on June 20, 2006. Please see the attached Death Certificate.
2. Prior to Mr. Scantlebury’s passing, Plaintiffs believed that there was potential to resolve the case. While at the time of Mr. Scantlebury’s death, he had not responded to Plaintiffs’ discovery (he had asked for and received extensions), he had indicated that others, in addition to Mr. Scantlebury, were involved in the infringement of Plaintiffs’ copyrights.
3. Plaintiffs do not believe it appropriate to discuss a resolution of the case with the family so close to Mr. Scantlebury’s passing. Plaintiffs therefore request a stay of 60 days to allow the family additional time to grieve.
4. In the event the parties do not reach a resolution with Mr. Scantlebury’s estate or the other family members involved, Plaintiffs anticipate amending the complaint following depositions of members of Mr. Scantlebury’s family.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs respectfully request this court stay the case for 60 days and extend all deadlines 60 days.
Source: p2pnet.net - RIAA targets dead man's kids
How pathetic. Sure, the kids' dad was illegally file-sharing, but to continue suing him through his kids after his death is absolutely cold, heartless and pathetic. Another article on this can be found here: The Inquirer - RIAA chases dead man's kids
RIAA targets dead man's kids
p2pnet.net News:- Warner Bros Records, and other members of the Organized Music family, say they'll give the children of a man they were tyrannizing for alleged copyright infringement extra time to "grieve" over their father's death.
Then it'll be back to business.
“Warner Music Group reported ... soaring digital music sales, even as the company continues to lose money and faces numerous lawsuits related to alleged price fixing of music downloads. In documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Warner Music said the company has been named in 14 class-action lawsuits, most of which allege a 'conspiracy among record companies to fix prices for downloads'."
These are the introductory paragraphs to a ZDNet story on Warner Music, a founder member of the multi-billion-dollar Organized Music gang who claim they're being “devastated” by people, including children, who share music with each other.
Warner, et al, have since 2003 been running a bizarre and vicious sue 'em all marketing campaign under which they're trying to terrorize millions of their own customers, whom they're calling 'criminals' and 'thieves,' into toeing the corporate bottom line.
Using their RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), the Big Four say p2p file sharing robs them of sales, although they haven't been able to show any proof of this, and they say they've sued close to 19,000 Americans for the non-existent crime of file sharing, even though not one of these victims has yet been found guilty of anything in a civil court.
Larry Scantlebury, one of the people the RIAA has been trying to intimidate, died in June. But rather than do the decent thing - drop the specious case - the Big Four are giving Scantlebury's children 60 days to mourn, after which they want RIAA lawyers to grill them.
In a motion to judge Anna Diggs Taylor to extend the deadline following Scantlebury's death, “Plaintiffs Warner Bros. Records Inc., Sony BMG Music Entertainment, UMG Recordings, Inc., BMG Music, Arista Records LLC, Capitol Records, Inc., and Atlantic Recording Corporation (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), respectfully request the Court stay the case for 60 days and extend all deadlines 60 days,” they say, going on:
In support thereof, Plaintiffs state the following:
1. Plaintiffs have recently learned that Defendant, Larry Scantlebury, passed away on June 20, 2006. Please see the attached Death Certificate.
2. Prior to Mr. Scantlebury’s passing, Plaintiffs believed that there was potential to resolve the case. While at the time of Mr. Scantlebury’s death, he had not responded to Plaintiffs’ discovery (he had asked for and received extensions), he had indicated that others, in addition to Mr. Scantlebury, were involved in the infringement of Plaintiffs’ copyrights.
3. Plaintiffs do not believe it appropriate to discuss a resolution of the case with the family so close to Mr. Scantlebury’s passing. Plaintiffs therefore request a stay of 60 days to allow the family additional time to grieve.
4. In the event the parties do not reach a resolution with Mr. Scantlebury’s estate or the other family members involved, Plaintiffs anticipate amending the complaint following depositions of members of Mr. Scantlebury’s family.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs respectfully request this court stay the case for 60 days and extend all deadlines 60 days.
Source: p2pnet.net - RIAA targets dead man's kids
How pathetic. Sure, the kids' dad was illegally file-sharing, but to continue suing him through his kids after his death is absolutely cold, heartless and pathetic. Another article on this can be found here: The Inquirer - RIAA chases dead man's kids
