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SONY BMG Withdraws from Motown v. Does 1-99
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
A blog devoted to the RIAA's lawsuits of intimidation brought against ordinary working people.
So ordered Notice of Voluntary Dismissal
This is the case in which John Doe #48 has moved to vacate the ex parte discovery order, sever and dismiss as to John Does 2-99, and quash the subpoena, and in which the Judge has stayed the subpoena and discovery order as to all defendants pending the Court's determination of the motion.
Once again, no one from the plaintiff's side has given any indication as to why SONY and its affiliates withdrew from the case.
Posted by Ray Beckerman @ 3/22/2006 01:01:00 PM
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See folks,
...when the RIAA's case is frivolous and stupid, you certainly CAN challenge them and they WILL back down!
But folks, if you are one of those who are literally "guilty as charged" (and are deliberately sharing/promoting RIAA tunes...)
SHAME on you anyways!
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Support Local and Independent music ONLY! (Don't even give the RIAA the pretense of a reason to sue...)
BOYCOTT
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User Comments
 stilltrying
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Date: March 22, 2006 @ 9:20 PM
Hell Shmoo it doesn't matter they sue Dead people!!!!! What could a dead person do to piss them off to be sued????
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 independentm...
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Date: March 23, 2006 @ 12:49 AM
I'm just passing along the info to ya folks!
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 compmore
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Date: March 23, 2006 @ 12:15 PM
guilty as charged? even if they are guilty according to the letter of the law and the law is unjust isn't it right to challange it?
imagine if throughout history everyone took the stand that if it's against the law you deserve what you get, where we would be now.
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pepe512000
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Date: March 23, 2006 @ 1:57 PM
Whatever happened to "innocent" until "proven" guilty....a person was always considered innocent until the jury said..uh-uh.Since when did the RIAA turn into a jury without a trial? I don't understand the country idly sitting back and allowing this extortion to carry on...
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Lachatte
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Date: March 24, 2006 @ 8:21 AM
I agree, pepe.
I read the links that you provided, Shmoo. Both parties have to bear the burden for their own court costs and attorneys' fees. BOTH parties??? That's it?
Sony/BMG can accuse anybody they choose to accuse, demand large sums of money, and then can just walk away??!!! That's ridiculous!
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IFeelFree
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Date: March 24, 2006 @ 1:13 PM
I believe the "innocent until proven guilty" only applies to criminal cases. This is a civil lawsuit. It's the "preponderance of the evidence" that counts.
The defendant still loses in a way because they have to pay their court costs which will probably be a signficant burden to them. It will be peanuts to Sony BMG. That's the problem with these lawsuits. Even if you're innocent you get financially raped just defending yourself. If you're guilty, the potential fines are so out of whack with the crime that it causes people to lose respect for the law. If you exceed the speed limit while driving (something most people do on occasion) -- an offense that can have serious consequences if you get into an accident -- the fine is, at most, a couple of hundred bucks. The potential liability for using P2P is hundreds of thousands of dollars. That's insane.
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MajorTreat
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Date: March 24, 2006 @ 4:22 PM
" the potential fines are so out of whack with the crime that it causes people to lose respect for the law."
This is one of the major problem. Once the respect for the law is gone: Boom!
We have to eliminate these music industries parasites right now!
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