RIAA to Parents: Pop-Ups + Viruses = Piracy!

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via EFF Deep Links.

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If a parent sees pop-up ads and viruses on her computer, she can be sued
for copyright infringement by the RIAA.

At least that's what the RIAA is arguing in a recent court filing in the
Capitol v. Foster case, in which a federal judge made the RIAA cough up
attorney's fees to a mother, Debra Foster, who had been sued because her
daughter was file sharing. The RIAA lawyers had dawdled in dismissing their
complaint against Foster, even after her child admitted to being the
file-sharer in the house (the RIAA went ahead and got a default judgment
against the child).

This new filing marks the first time the RIAA has explained its claim that
parents are liable for the infringements committed by their children (a
theory that has never been accepted by any court, to the best of my
knowledge). The argument is pretty remarkable, built on a house of cards
including the notion that "everyone knows" pop-up ads and viruses signify
piracy!

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More:
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005135.php

- - ferg

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