For those who think the RIAA couldnt get any worse

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

from: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060812-7487.html

In the case of Warner et al v. Scantlebury, yet another individual was
targeted by seven record labels looking for restitution of the
horrible damages inflicted by the alleged downloading of music files.
Most of the case documents are not publicly available at this point,
and the suit was not highly publicised until now, so it's hard to find
any real detail on the charges involved.

Larry Scantlebury had the temerity to die before the case was
resolved, though. Again, the cause of death is unknown, but the RIAA
did get a hold of a death certificate. It was filed as support for a
motion to "stay the case for 60 days and extend all deadlines 60
days," filed by the record labels' lawyers. The reason for the stay
request is this:

   "Plaintiffs do not believe it appropriate to discuss a resolution
of the case with the family so close to Mr. Scantlebury's passing.
Plaintiffs therefore request a stay of 60 days to allow the family
additional time to grieve."

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Mabe Mr. Scantlebury's Epitaph Shouldnt have read "Come and get it"

-JP
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