RIAA claim not to have filed new cases "for months" is false
According to a report on Wired.com, the RIAA spokesman claims that the RIAA
has not filed any new lawsuits "for months"; according to the Wall Street
Journal report the RIAA stopped filing mass lawsuits "early this fall"; and
the Associated Press was apparently told that the RIAA had stopped bringing
new lawsuits in August.
Being very familiar with the RIAA's penchant for "misspeaking", even when
under oath, I investigated the matter a bit, and learned that a large number
of suits have been brought by the RIAA quite recently, one as recently as
this Monday. Here are just a few. Those marked green were contributed by
some of our great readers:
Atlantic Recording v. Williams 08cv01710 W.D. Pennsylvania 12/15/08
Sony BMG Music v. Linus 08cv14413 S.D. Florida 12/11/08
UMG Recordings v. Gulledge 08-cv-00973-MHT-TFM M.D. Alabama 12/10/08
Warner Bros. Records Kelley 08-cv-02295-CLS N.D. Alabama 12/10/08
Sony BMG Music v. Van Ornum 08-cv-04205-JLH E.D. Arkansas 12/10/08
Interscope Records v. Tabor 08-cv-03068-JLH W.D. Arkansas 12/10/08
BMG Music v. O'Brien 08-cv-02244-HRH D. Arizona 12/10/08
Priority Records v. Easterling 08-cv-08131-PA-JTL C.D. California 12/10/08
UMG Recordings v. Ibarzabal 08-cv-08136-R-SH C.D. California 12/10/08
Interscope Records v. Doe 4 08-cv-01880-JBA D. Connecticut 12/10/08
Arista Records v. Doe 2 08-cv-01874-CFD D. Connecticut 12/10/08
Arista Records v. Doe 3 08-cv-01876-SRU D. Connecticut 12/10/08
UMG Recordings v. Burmeister 08-cv-02295-MPM-DGB C.D. Illinois 12/10/08
Here are the most recent cases I found involving multiple John Does, which
were filed the week before:
Warner Bros. Records v. Does 1-4 08-cv-01425-HA D. Oregon 12/5/08
UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Does 08-cv-00717-TCK-PJC N.D. Oklahoma 12/5/08
UMG Recordings v. Does 1-3 08-cv-00139-DLB E.D. Kentucky 12/4/08
The cases were filed 12/10/08 and are all from Central Michigan University.
They are as follows:
Sony BMG v. Lugo 2:2008cv15102 Bay City Michigan (Central Michigan
University-Mt.Pleasant Mich)
UMG v. Rivera 1:2008cv15101 Bay City Michigan (Central Michigan
University-Mt.Pleasant Mich)
Sony BMG v. Mack 1:2008cv15104 Bay City Michigan (Central Michigan
University-Mt.Pleasant Mich)
Capital v. Pogue 1:2008cv15104 Bay City Michigan (Central Michigan
University-Mt.Pleasant Mich)
Filed on 12/5/2008, from Oakland County Michigan through the Federal
Courthouse in Detroit Mi.
Psychopathic Records v. Anderson 2:2008cv15034
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