[IP] For those who thought the RIAA couldn't get any worse...
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx
Date: August 15, 2006 10:47:55 PM EDT
To: David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: For IP: For those who thought the RIAA couldn't get any
worse...
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060812-7487.html
RIAA defendant dies, heirs given 60 days to grieve before depositions
8/12/2006 10:12:11 PM, by Anders Bylund
In the case of Warner et al v. Scantlebury, yet another individual
was targeted
by seven record labels looking for restitution of the horrible damages
inflicted by the alleged downloading of music files. Most of the case
documents
are not publicly available at this point, and the suit was not highly
publicised until now, so it's hard to find any real detail on the
charges
involved.
Larry Scantlebury had the temerity to die before the case was
resolved, though.
Again, the cause of death is unknown, but the RIAA did get a hold of
a death
certificate. It was filed as support for a motion to "stay the case
for 60 days
and extend all deadlines 60 days," filed by the record labels'
lawyers. The
reason for the stay request is this:
"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."
How quaintly civil of them. Because the litigants believed that the
case was
nearing a resolution before Larry's passing, it wants to move on with
the
proceedings rather than drop the case, and will request depositions
from his
heirs after the 60-day grieving period. Considering that deceased Enron
executive Ken Lay's assets may be safe from legal action after his
death, the
recording industry's tenacity in this case is astounding.
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