Fergie's Tech Blog

RIAA Sues Woman Who Has No Computer For File-Sharing

Ray Beckerman writes over on the "Recording Industry vs. The People" Blog:

We have just learned of another case, this one in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where a defendant is fighting back against the RIAA.

The name of the case is Capitol Records v. Foster.

There the defendant has filed counterclaims for a declaratory judgment of non-infringement, and for "prima facie tort" under Oklahoma law. The judge dismissed the counterclaim for "prima facie tort" but has left standing the counterclaim for a declaratory judgment.

During the period Ms. Foster was accused of being a copyright infringer she did not even have a working computer.

Ray Beckerman is an attorney for Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP, in New York.

Through the Electronic Frontier Foundation their firm has undertaken an effort to represent people in our area who have been sued by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for having computers whose internet accounts were used to open up peer-to-peer file sharing accounts.

According to their "Recording Industry vs. The People" blog, they state that "We find these cases to be oppressive and unfair, as large law firms financed by the recording industry sue ordinary working people for thousands of dollars. "

Hear, hear.

These guys set up their blog in order to collect evidence and input about these oppressive lawsuits.

posted by Fergie @ 12/01/2005 08:26:00 AM