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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I hope they get it big time. They cannot just accuse people without due process and proper evidence. Let the industry pay for their strong arm tactics.
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I feel the same but, alas, it is clear that in our current conservative court system, those who have big bucks can do whatever they want and those who haven't got big bucks have to pay to be abused.
Last week one court held that even though the RIAA had sued the wrong person and had caused that person to rack up $30,000+ in legal fees, (a) the suit could be dismissed without prejudice (meaning the RIAA could sue this person again), (b) the victim's counterclaim was dismissed with prejudice (can't sue the RIAA on the same claim), and (c) the RIAA was not responsible for the victim's legal fees.
Another court dismissed -- again without prejudice -- an RIAA suit against a homeless man and again didn't award the victim attorney's fees even though the court found that the RIAA had lied.
I'm not familiar with the bases for the counterclaims in the lawsuits filed, but the dismissals indicate to me (a) big bucks matter, not right or wrong, in today's judicial system and (b) perhaps the defense attorneys are not creative enough.