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RIAA Directed To Pay $68K In Attorneys Fees 192

Posted by kdawson on Monday July 16, 2007 @11:56PM from the not-with-impunity dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In Capitol v. Foster, in Oklahoma, the RIAA has been directed to pay the defendant $68,685.23 in attorneys fees. This is the first instance of which I am aware of the RIAA being ordered to pay the defendant attorneys fees. The judge in this case has criticized the RIAA's lawyers' motives as 'questionable,' and their legal theories as 'marginal' (PDF). Although the judge had previously ordered the RIAA to turn over its own attorneys billing records, today's decision (PDF) made no mention of the amount that the RIAA had spent on its own lawyers."

Comment Re:Not contractually forbidden... (Score 1) 213

by StingRay2k01 on Sunday April 29, 2007 @11:04PM (#18923507) Attached to: Kaleidescape Triumphant in Court Case, DVD Ripping Ruled Legal

The race doesn't deserve to exist, but I trust God to "take care of things", he's much more capable than Darwin, and more merciful.

Pharaoh's Gem Brighter Than a Thousand Suns 229

Posted by timothy on Thursday July 20, 2006 @09:39AM from the evidently-you-gotta-have-faith dept.

Tamas Feher from Hungary writes "An Italian archaeologist accidentally found that the central gem in Tutankhamun's regal necklace is not amber, but a mere piece of yellow glass. Kinda cheap for the famous Egyptian pharaoh, best known for his splendid golden mask. Except that piece of glass is much older than civilization. Where did it come from, StarGate? Kind of. Scientists now think a meteorite much larger than the Tunguska event fell from the sky and exploded over the Sahara in prehistoric times. The tremendous heat of the 1000 A-bomb sized fireball melted large chunks of desert sand into perfect glass. The memory of such an apocalyptic event may have made sand-glass gems a desirable symbol, meant to emphasize the pharaoh's heavenly powers."

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