Posted by  Bill Evans in on February 4, 2005 at 7:46 PM
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But the lawsuit was filed more than a month after the 83-year-old woman died in December, and her daughter says Walton hated computers, anyway.
A group of record companies named Walton as the sole defendant in a federal lawsuit, claiming she made more than 700 songs available for free on the Internet.
Walton's daughter, Robin Chianumba, lived with her mother for the last 17 years and said her mother objected to having a computer in the house.
"My mother wouldn't know how to turn on a computer," Chianumba said.
She said she faxed a copy of her mother's death certificate to record company officials several days before the lawsuit was filed, in response to a letter from the company regarding the upcoming legal filing.
"I am pretty sure she is not going to leave Greenwood Memorial Park (where she is buried) to attend the hearing," Chianumba said.
A Recording Industry Association of America spokesman said Thursday that Walton was likely not the smittenedkitten it's searching for.
"Our evidence gathering and our subsequent legal actions all were initiated weeks and even months ago," said RIAA spokesman Jonathan Lamy. "We will now, of course, obviously dismiss this case."
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User Comments
 Diogenes2
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Date: February 4, 2005 @ 9:15 PM
Heck, why go after dead grandmothers, anyhow, when there are probably plenty of grandchildren they can find to subpoena. (such as Brianna?)
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Diogenes2
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Date: February 4, 2005 @ 9:22 PM
"We will now, of course, obviously dismiss this case."
. . . Ah, but not the glorious quest to find the REAL 'smittenedkitten'. Oh, no, the hunt must go on!
(What did they use to say -- Charlie Chan; the Northwest Mountie; etc.; searchin'; gonna find her . . .)
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Diogenes2
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Date: February 4, 2005 @ 9:35 PM
End-of-file tag to be attached by an RIAA clerk at the last page of the documents associated with this case :
"Note: This 83-year-old dead grandmother who didn't have access to a computer and never learned how to use one, probably wasn't a music pirate. Her case dismissed both for insufficient evidence and for difficulty in delivering a subpoena to her at the present time."
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 gdZiemann
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Date: February 4, 2005 @ 9:41 PM
Wow. Deja vu. I thought I posted this earlier today.
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 independentm...
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Date: February 5, 2005 @ 12:03 AM
I thought I did too. 
Wonder if I should try to merge them all into one thread? |
TheSherminator
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Date: February 5, 2005 @ 12:55 AM
We have no choice. Must protect copyright. Dig her up and steal any jewelry left behind. The RIAA way.
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Marco255
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Date: February 5, 2005 @ 6:44 AM
Wow, this must be an all time low for RIAA, 'grats!
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independentm...
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Date: February 5, 2005 @ 9:38 AM
The rest of media sure is giving this story a lot of attention... (so, maybe triple linking it here ain't so sloppy bad after all.) I say just ride this gift horse and not look it in the mouth.
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p5yk0
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Date: February 5, 2005 @ 11:29 AM
They are taking this way too far - suing 63 year olds for listening to rap music, now a deceased woman? Before you know it, they'll be suing dogs and cats and other domesticated animals...
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dubbsakk
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Date: February 5, 2005 @ 11:44 AM
this just proves how retarded and non credible their suits are
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gdZiemann
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Date: February 5, 2005 @ 1:31 PM
In related news, University of California officials are considering inserting supermarket-style barcodes or radio frequency devices in cadavers to keep track of them.
Rumor: Jack Valenti received the first one.
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 CodeWarrior
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Date: February 5, 2005 @ 4:59 PM
Great article Bill!
In response to the article...my refrain as usual...
To Cary Sherman "....Let us not assassinate this deceased lady further, Mr. Sherman. You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?
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CodeWarrior
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Date: February 5, 2005 @ 5:02 PM
Who's the RIAA gonna sue next....Mr. Ossie Davis?
I guess they can start sending their little process servers to graveyards across the US...or as the RIAA likes to say...
"blanket jurisdictions all across the United Stats"
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CodeWarrior
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Date: February 5, 2005 @ 5:03 PM
George..I read that..it's true folks..they are talking about putting barcodes on corpses...thus, even in death, the New World Order wants to not only tag your toes but turn you into a number.
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telsien
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Date: February 5, 2005 @ 9:38 PM
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Jazzmary2U
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Date: February 6, 2005 @ 9:11 AM
New congress in '06, or we will hear the same news and same complaints over and over and over and over...  |
keith134
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Date: February 8, 2005 @ 12:19 AM
how in the HELL do you trace a music download back to someone who does not even OWN a computer?
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Diogenes2
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Date: February 8, 2005 @ 1:21 AM
That's what I was being puzzled by!
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