RIAA sues dead woman
Another barb from p2pnet.net
"In its biggest cock-up yet, the Big Music cartel’s RIAA has sued a dead woman who didn’t even own a computer.
The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), 'sued Gertrude Walton, accusing her of illegally trading music over the Internet as 'smittenedkitten,' says the Associated Press, going on:
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.'
Walton was the sole defendant in a federal lawsuit that claimed she’d shared more than 700 songs through p2p networks.
But Robin Chianumba said her mother objected to having a computer in the house and, 'wouldn't know how to turn on a computer,' says AP.
The dead woman’s daughter 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."
"In its biggest cock-up yet, the Big Music cartel’s RIAA has sued a dead woman who didn’t even own a computer.
The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), 'sued Gertrude Walton, accusing her of illegally trading music over the Internet as 'smittenedkitten,' says the Associated Press, going on:
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.'
Walton was the sole defendant in a federal lawsuit that claimed she’d shared more than 700 songs through p2p networks.
But Robin Chianumba said her mother objected to having a computer in the house and, 'wouldn't know how to turn on a computer,' says AP.
The dead woman’s daughter 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."
posted by Michael Mouse at 1:46 pm
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