RIAA Agrees To Settlement, Then Asks For Twice As Much
from the anything-they-can-get-away-with dept
Ray Beckermann is, once again, highlighting some highly questionable activities by the RIAA, noting that after getting defendants to agree to a settlement amount, the RIAA sometimes immediately asks for double the agreed upon amount, and submits that proposal to the court. It's unclear how widely this is happening, but at least in one case, it's good to hear that a judge has prevented the RIAA from getting away with this practice by denying the agreement, noting the different sum than the one agreed to by the parties:Judge Nancy Gertner: ELECTRONIC ORDER entered re Stipulation To Judgment and Permanent Injunction filed by All Plaintiffs as to defendant LaShaana Straw. "The parties' Stipulation to Judgment is DENIED. Plaintiffs request that the Court approve a Stipulation requiring the Defendant to pay $10,700, yet state in their Response that they have agreed to accept half that amount, $5,350, in full satisfaction of the monetary portion of the proposed judgment. The Plaintiffs do not provide any reason for this highly unusual arrangement, and the Court will not approve a stipulation which fails reflect the actual terms of the agreement. The Plaintiffs must present to the Court a proposed judgment which accurately states the amount the Defendant will be required to pay to settle the claims."This would be the same judge, by the way, who slammed the RIAA for its questionable legal tactics just a few months ago. You would think that the RIAA would know better than to try to play legal games with Judge Gertner.
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now give me $4,000.00 !
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What? She didn't!?!1 Well no wonder they keep doing these sorts of things...
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I wonder
Like they would even get 1 cent. Why anyone even pays is way beyond me, they cannot make you do anything.
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That's Called Bait and Switch "Settlements"
Judge: No, the agreement stands as it is written.
RIAA: But judge, the law only applies to them, not US.
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If I was judge, not only would I throw the case out, I'd have the RIAA pay the defendant the amount of the settlement, no ifs, ands, buts, appeals, further chicanery, or crying like arrogant babies.
I can dream, can't I? :-)
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And I'll take that one too.
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Extortionists
"It's unclear how widely this is happening"
The RIAA lawyers have told me that they have gotten many defendants to agree to that 'double judgment' provision.
I asked them how many of those defendants who agreed to it were represented by counsel.
My recollection is that they never answered that question.
I would not be in the least surprised if they have gotten people to sign off on that; that's what extortion is.
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This Judge Shouldn't Be Allowed
The law is too good for criminals who won't follow it. If they won't respect the legal rights of the good guys, then why should we respect theirs? Good guys doing bad to bad guys isn't bad, it's good. Lock them up and throw away the law books. There should be more places like Guantanamo Bay, I say!
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mr big content
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RAII
WHO ARE THE LAWYERS? WE WANT FIRMS and NAMES!
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Judge Gertner
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Why? I'm sure you could find it out by doing some research about the case. Generally there are public case filings of various sorts that say that kinda thing.
And the lawyers/law companies for the whole SCO thing are well known, doesn't seem to have stopped them.
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call it what it is
wonder why courts let the riaa break the law so much
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