In Warner v. Stubbs, in Oklahoma, the defendant filed her answer and counterclaim against the RIAA on August 23, 2006 . In it she likened the RIAA's tactics to "extortion".

The very next day, on August 24, 2006 , the RIAA turned around and asked the Judge for permission to withdraw its case :

Ms. Stubbs is represented by Marilyn Barringer-Thomson, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the same lawyer who represents Deborah Foster in Capitol v. Foster, the case in which the judge held that the RIAA may be liable for the defendant's attorneys fees.

I guess the RIAA doesn't want to tangle with Ms. Barringer-Thomson anymore.

In a new case in Oklahoma,Warner v. Stubbs, the defendant Tallie Stubbs has countersued the RIAA and its lawyers for her attorneys fees, charging that "Plaintiffs' only evidence to support their claims against Tallie is her status as an account holder with Cox Communications..... " and that she "denies that she had any knowledge of KaZaa...." and "is and continues to be without knowledge of how to download music off of the internet.....Despite being placed on notice that Tallie did not download any songs, the Plaintiffs filed this action against Tallie. Plaintiffs impugn Tallie's character and subject her to demands which are closely akin to extortion....." She also claimed that the RIAA has "a pattern and practice" of bringing similar actions. Ms. Stubbs is represented by Marilyn Barringer-Thomson, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the same lawyer who represents Deborah Foster in Capitol v. Foster.

I've done two posts today in which I call the subject of an article "stupid" (example 1 and exzample 2).

I have to watch it. It's a bad habit to start thinking of yourself as superior.

This journal entry is a placeholder for stuff on my slashdot user homepage.

In the past, I used to code and do research in Dr. Bob Cook's Avian Cognition Lab. I also did work for the Perseus Project, a digital library for the Humanities.

I'm now at Graduate Student at the University of Iowa, working with Ed Wasserman. Other collaborators include Ian Rasmussen, Eliot Hazeltine, and Andrew Hollingworth.

Just an experiment. I'd like to know two things.

(1) Does anyone read journal entries?

(2) How do people find journal entries they might want to read?