Judge Lee R. West, in Capitol v. Foster, pending in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has (a) given the RIAA until April 16th to conclude its discovery on the reasonableness of Ms. Foster's attorneys fees, and (b) given Ms. Foster until April 26th to file a supplemental request for additional fees:
February 15, 2007, Order, Fixing Schedule for (a) Plaintiffs to Complete Discovery on Reasonableness of Defendant's Attorneys Fees, and (b) Defendant to File Supplemental Request for Additional Fees*
Ms. Foster is represented by Marilyn Barringer-Thomson of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
* Document published online at Internet Law & Regulation
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(no need to post this comment Ray, just do what the emphasis says ;-)
greets Alter_Fritz
Sorry 'bout that folks......
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Thank you Alter_Fritz!
Ray, do you have any thoughts or opinions on how the recent SCOTUS certiori decision on Phillip Morris vs Williams (http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/06pdf/05-1256.pdf) might impact cases such as Ms. Foster and Ms. Lindor where it appears obvious that the defendants shouldn't be parties joined to the lawsuit? (In this case they held - I'm oversimplifying - that punative damages can't consider harm to unnamed third parties.)
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Dr_Art
"The Court anticipates no extension of these deadlines." I wonder what Judge West is implying? :)
ReplyDeleteRay, I ran across this article in and wanted to get your thoughts. Why is the RIAA able to give universities 2nd and 3rd warnings about their students downloading when other people are given no warning and handed a lawsuit? has anyone tried to argue this fact in court?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/4568903.html
They sue the students without any hesitation.
ReplyDeleteThey don't sue the universities because like all bullies, the RIAA are cowards. They don't like to sue universities because universities can fight back.
What I can't understand is why universities are not helping the students to fight back.