Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Defendant fights back in Charleston, South Carolina, in Atlantic v. Njuguna, Defends her Counterclaims

Catherine Njuguna has filed her opposition to the RIAA's motion to dismiss counterclaims in Atlantic v. Njuguna, a case in Charleston, South Carolina.

Ms. Njuguna counterclaimed for

-negligence
-unfair trade practices and
-a declaratory judgment

RIAA Motion to Dismiss Counterclaims*
Defendant's Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion to Dismiss Counterclaims*

* Document published online at Internet Law & Regulation

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1 comment:

AMD FanBoi said...

This is a very nicely written document, and well worth the read. It ranks up there with the letter from the California lawyer offering to provide a airplane to the RIAA lawyer so that said lawyer could easily come out to where the case would actually be litigated

Overall, one has the feeling that the RIAA is running a "protection racket". Consider:

20th Century: You've got a nice store here. Be a shame if anything happened to it. We're the good guys and I'm here to help you. Pay me hundreds now and it will save you thousands in costs later. You don't want to be the example of defying us now, do you?

21st Century: You've got a nice life here. Be a shame if anything happened to it. We're the good guys and I'm here to help you. Pay our Settlement Support Center now, and it will save you tens of thousands in costs later. You don't want to be the example of defying us now, do you?

At minimum, the RIAA owes this Defendant both all her legal fees, AND A REFUND for the amount of money she spent buying an UNNECESSARY NEW COMPUTER after they terrorized her into it in an attempt to avoid violating the law.

Nice the way this Defense lawyer takes on the RIAA Noerr-Pennington doctrine head on. The RIAA has been hiding behind that fig leaf for far too long.