RIAA spins another spin in Foster
p2pnet.net news:- The Debbie Foster versus Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG, the members of the Big 4 music cartel, rolls on with the labels’ RIAA trying every trick in the book, and then some, to side-step a clearly stated court order.
The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) has again been instructed to turn over its attorney billing records to Foster’s attorney, Marilyn Barringer-Thomson, by March 26th, the court having crushed its bid to have the records placed under seal.
The documents will, however, be treated as confidential by Barringer-Thomson pending a further court order.
The RIAA also tried to argue the earlier decision directing it to pay Foster’s “reasonable attorneys fees” was “erroneous“.
Now, “The RIAA has served additional reply papers which are even more inappropriate than the initial reconsideration motion, because they simply repeat the arguments the RIAA made in their initial motion papers,” says Recording Industry vs The People’s Ray Beckerman (right).
“Reply papers are only supposed to address new matter which appeared in their opponent’s motion papers, not rehash what they said initially,” he told p2pnet, continuing, “ie, they’ve just wasted more of this Judge’s time, and I predict their motion will be unceremoniously denied.
“The judge granted the motion to compel but did grant the RIAA’s request for confidentiality, at least provisionally. He held that the papers should be kept confidential pending further order of the Court.
“Judge West rejected, however, the RIAA’s extraordinary and unusual request that the documents be kept under seal at the courthouse.”
Also See:
every trick – Santangelo, Foster and the RIAA, March 22, 2006
erroneous – RIAA Files Reply Papers Telling Judge his Decision Awarding Attorneys Fees Was “Erroneous” in Capitol v. Foster, March 22, 2006
Recording Industry vs The People – Court Directs RIAA to Turn Over Attorney Billing Records, March 23, 2007
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March 23rd, 2007 at 12:01 pm
They see the writing on the wall. They are just trying to delay the inevitable. I wonder when the judge will get fed up and tell them that they will either turn over the documents or face a contempt of court charge.
March 23rd, 2007 at 7:33 pm
On its’ face, I think it can quite-honestly be said (that the) RIAA is scared shitless. They face not-only having to shell out $$$ *uncounted* (a dollar amount of which they most surely have in their possession), but after they do pay-up, any further and/or related/similar cases will be all the easier for bringing to a just (anti-RIAA) conclusion.
Who would have thought that a single mother on disability payments (and therefor not possessed of substantial financial resources) would be bringing the Soulless Ones (RIAA) to their figurative knees?
March 24th, 2007 at 6:02 am
I HOPE the judge is fair and gives the RIAA the SAME amount of time he would give an indivudial to come up with those papers….no more , no less….but if they STILL refuse to do it, then he needs to also be fair and hold them in contempt of court! Period!
There is no excuse for letting the RIAA or any other big entity get by with something that this same judge would never allow from anyone else.
I hope the RIAA lawyers either have to come up with the papers or that the judge makes an example out of them!