Tuesday, August 15, 2006
RIAA Targets Dead Man's Kids
Posted by Damion Chaplin in "NEWS" @ 01:30 PM
"In yet another example of tenacity over public relations, the Recording Industry of America has decided to chase a dead man's kids for his acts of file-sharing. The RIAA, in the case of Warner Bros. v. Scantlebury, was chasing Larry Scantlebury claiming that he had downloaded files illegally. However, when the kind-hearted RIAA heard that Scantlebury had croaked, it asked the court for a 60-day adjournment to allow his children to get over it before they chased him through the courts again. One of the interesting things about the Scantlebury case was that he accused the RIAA of, "telephoning him at his home, pretending to be 'settlement counsellors' offering bogus legal advice."
You know, every time we get a piece of news like this, we post something like "It doesn't get any better than this." And then it does. :roll: I think it's safe to say that if the dude's dead, you can drop the lawsuit. Unless you think his family was also guilty, in which case they need their own lawsuits. In any case though, you really shouldn't be able to sue dead people. I just can't imagine how one would win a lawsuit again someone that doesn't exist and isn't a legal entity anymore... But I'm not a lawyer.
You know, every time we get a piece of news like this, we post something like "It doesn't get any better than this." And then it does. :roll: I think it's safe to say that if the dude's dead, you can drop the lawsuit. Unless you think his family was also guilty, in which case they need their own lawsuits. In any case though, you really shouldn't be able to sue dead people. I just can't imagine how one would win a lawsuit again someone that doesn't exist and isn't a legal entity anymore... But I'm not a lawyer.
