RIAA defendant 'has never used a computer'

Lawyers claim client has never used or even turned on a computer in her life
Iain Thomson, vnunet.com 03 Feb 2006
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The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has issued another 750 writs against people it believes are pirates, including a carer in New York who claims never to have owned a computer.

Home health aide Marie Lindor has asked the Eastern District Court of New York to dismiss the case against her before it even comes to court because she claims to be clueless about computers.

"Ms Lindor has not only never 'downloaded, distributed or made available for distribution' any files, but has never purchased, used or even turned on a computer in her life," her lawyers wrote in a letter to Judge David Trager.

The RIAA remains adamant, however. Cary Sherman, president of the trade body, said: "The illegal downloading of music is just as wrong as shoplifting from a local store. It is against the law, and breaking the law must carry consequences."

Meanwhile Hillary Rosen, former head of the RIAA, and Jay Berman, former boss of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, are preparing to cash in on the boom in digital piracy.

The pair have formed a consultancy to advise on piracy issues called Berman Rosen Global Strategies, with offices in Washington and New York.

"We have a unique combination of knowledge and experience. Over the years we have advised a number of analysts on factors relating to piracy in the entertainment business," said Rosen.

"One thing was always missing: the ability to place a valuation on the costs of piracy on the multiples expected from any financial investment."

The consultancy will be affiliated with lobbyist firm Public Strategies Inc, whose clients include the RIAA, Dell and AMD.

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It is going to be done, no matter what. People can not be stopped of something they want to do, they will always find a way to do it.
As far as the woman who "never owned a computer", how does the RIAA get their information?

 

pick names out of the phone book

 

ooook.. so, what about the woman who DOES NOT OWN A COMPUTER???

freakin' RIAA.. someone needs to sue them..

 

You may be more right than you think.

 

Maybe she runs an underground piracy ring.h:

 

maybe she has people do her bidding for her...so she's really not using the computer. she just has people do her bitch work. :thinking:

 

agreed. People filed a class-action lawsuit against Blockbuster Video for charging late fees (which I didn't see a problem with). But the RIAA and the MPAA get to sue the crap out of people for hundreds of thousands of dollars for stealing music and movies....talk about the punishment not fitting the crime...why not charge them a fair price for whatever they can prove was stolen?

 

I'll do that if and when I get caught.

"Prove it!"
"You have at least 20 thousand songs"
"Shit....

 

better $20,000 than $250,000.