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06-26-2009, 07:35 AM
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/06/riaa.gifRIAA Member Settles Suit After Defendant Proves She Did Even Not Own a Computer
1:30 AM on Fri Jun 26 2009
" By Dan Nosowitz
RIAA member Universal Music Group was forced to settle a piracy suit it had brought against Mavis Roy after suffering a bit of a setback in their prosecution: Mavis Roy did not own a computer when UMG first brought suit.
Roy, a New Hampshire resident, actually thought the letters she received from UMG's lawyers were either a joke or a scam and didn't respond for several months. Her reaction is pretty understandable; the RIAA simply directed her to a site where she could pay her "debt" with a credit card (which certainly seems like a scam) and, again, Roy did not own a damn computer.
UMG had mistakenly sued her due to the vast deficiencies in MediaSentry, the anti-piracy software the RIAA uses to track down pirates. MediaSentry incorrectly pinpoints IP addresses with not uncommon frequency, and this is obviously one such case. Roy mounted a case and UMG was forced to settle out of court, for fear that any decision at all would result in a precedent that could mean future suits could be thrown out as well. Unfortunately, the settlement does not include UMG paying Roy to apologize for being such a-holes about the whole thing, and neither side will receive any money. "
:source: Source: http://gizmodo.com/5302777/riaa-member-settles-suit-after-defendant-proves-she-did-even-not-own-a-co | UMG Recordings v. Mavis Roy case settled (http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/#7494031493515053026)
1:30 AM on Fri Jun 26 2009
" By Dan Nosowitz
RIAA member Universal Music Group was forced to settle a piracy suit it had brought against Mavis Roy after suffering a bit of a setback in their prosecution: Mavis Roy did not own a computer when UMG first brought suit.
Roy, a New Hampshire resident, actually thought the letters she received from UMG's lawyers were either a joke or a scam and didn't respond for several months. Her reaction is pretty understandable; the RIAA simply directed her to a site where she could pay her "debt" with a credit card (which certainly seems like a scam) and, again, Roy did not own a damn computer.
UMG had mistakenly sued her due to the vast deficiencies in MediaSentry, the anti-piracy software the RIAA uses to track down pirates. MediaSentry incorrectly pinpoints IP addresses with not uncommon frequency, and this is obviously one such case. Roy mounted a case and UMG was forced to settle out of court, for fear that any decision at all would result in a precedent that could mean future suits could be thrown out as well. Unfortunately, the settlement does not include UMG paying Roy to apologize for being such a-holes about the whole thing, and neither side will receive any money. "
:source: Source: http://gizmodo.com/5302777/riaa-member-settles-suit-after-defendant-proves-she-did-even-not-own-a-co | UMG Recordings v. Mavis Roy case settled (http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/#7494031493515053026)