RIAA Drops Case In Chicago

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes, "The RIAA has dropped the Elektra v. Wilke case in Chicago. This is the case in which Mr. Wilke had moved for summary judgment, stating that: '1. He is not "Paule Wilke" which is the name he was sued under. 2. He has never possessed on his computer any of the songs listed in exhibit A [the list of songs the RIAA's investigator downloaded]. He only had a few of the songs from exhibit B [the screenshot] on his computer, and those were from legally purchased CDs owned by Mr. Wilke. 3. He has never used any "online media distribution system" to download, distribute, or make available for distribution, any of plaintiffs' copyrighted recordings.' The RIAA's initial response to the summary judgment motion, prior to dropping the case, had been to cross-move for discovery, indicating that it did not have enough evidence with which to defeat Mr. Wilke's summary judgment motion. P2pnet had termed the Wilke case yet another RIAA blunder."

the dogs

[Wiarumas]

lets bring in the cd sniffing dogs and search his house for incriminating evidence!

Your Honor...

[tom_75]

... all these songs from exhibit B, which resided on my HDD, were duped from perfectly legal sources (namely CD's) that I rushed out and bought right after RIAA has launched its accusations. I find them pretty good... My pirating days are over ! Set me free !

Re:Leave it to the RIAA

[Anonymous Coward]

There is no end to the stupidity of the Human race--expecially in large groups.

I rest your case.

Congresscritters

[pipingguy]

congresscritters

I wish the 4 or 5 people that still use that Limbaugh-favoured term would stop doing so.

To me, a 'critter' is a fuzzy little (possibly annoying) animal or pest. Are vultures, sharks, sloths and blood-sucking leeches also called 'critters' in your vernacular?

Re:Change in attitude?

[jimmichie]

And they absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.

Nope, being dead doesn't stop them either [theregister.co.uk].

Perhaps Mr. Wilke wouldn't be in this situation...

[SilentBob0727]

...had he listened to this first: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yz-grdpKVqg [youtube.com]

Re:Congresscritters

[fatman22]

I believe "vermin" is the term you are wanting, except applying it to our "representatives" would probably get you sued by the Vermin Anti-Defamation League.

Re:Anyone noticed

[creepynut]

Perhaps because it's such a recurring thing, that it isn't news anymore.

Re:Why??

[geobeck]

...not one single /. user, including myself, has the *balls* to just plain out sue the **AA in a full-blown class action lawsuit...

You misspelled money.

Spartacus

[Migraineman]

{stands up} No, I am Paule Wilke

... on second though, maybe that's not such a good thing to do ...
{sits back down}