RIAA multiple sclerosis victim
p2pnet.net news:- The Big Four Organized Music cartel’s RIAA has been after disabled New York mother Rae J Schwartz for some time.
Rae J has multiple sclerosis, the incurable disease which attacks the nervous system. It can be exacerbated by stress which can, ” worsen symptoms, and may worsen the disease itself,” states the University of maryland Medical Center.
Now New York lawyer Eli Uncyk has been appointed as guardian ad litem for Rae J Schwartz in Elektra v Schwartz, says Recording Industry vs The People. A guardian ad litem is named to represent the someone’s best interests.
“The appointment was made necessary by conditions arising from Ms. Schwartz’s Multiple Sclerosis,” says the post.
The multi-billion-dollar Big 4 have named Rae J as another of the “criminal” file sharers who are “stealing” copyrighted songs and “devastating” them in the process.
But desperately ill people aren’t the only victims: the RIAA goes after children as young as 10 as well.
Thanks to AOL, the RIAA says it can prove Rae J had an online account, said a p2pnet story which went on:
And that, claim Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG’s RIAA, is enough to haul her into court.
Schwartz is one of about 20,000 innocent American men, women and children whom the Big Four’s RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) says have been “devastating” its owners by sharing music online.
However, none of the victims have appeared in a court. They either give in to RIAA extortion, “settling,” or their cases are still winding their way through the US judicial system, to the clear advantage of the labels and the distinct disadvantage of the people being sued, all of whom are very ordinary men and women without the financial or legal resources to take the multi-billion-dollar the Big Four on in any meaningful way.
“Plaintiffs assert that defendant’s Internet Service Provider, America Online, Inc. (’America Online’), has confirmed Schwartz “was the owner of the internet consent,” says a court document. And that, claim Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG’s RIAA, is enough to haul her into court.
You’d think the RIAA and its owners would simply drop this case. Going after someone as ill as Mrs Schwartz?
But ‘No Way,’ say the RIAA lawyers and the people behind them, the Big 4 labels. ‘We’re on your case, in sickness and in death.’ Because Yes, the Big 4 enforcer has even tried to sue a deceased grandmother.
“I can barely walk,” Rae J said in November last year. “It’s rough and we’re living from paycheck to paycheck.”
Stay tuned.
Also See:
Recording Industry vs The People – Guardian Ad Litem appointed in Elektra v. Schwartz, May 7, 2006
p2pnet – Judge rejects RIAA victim request, December 6, 2006
paycheck to paycheck – RIAA builds new consumer class, Novembner 20, 2006
young as 10 – RIAA vs Kylee hits the mainstream, March 28, 2007
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