As the RIAA continues its efforts to convince ISPs and universities to encourage subscribers suspected of infringement to turn themselves in to the RIAA to commence settlement talks, developments continue to unfold regarding some of the more high profile RIAA lawsuits that have been ongoing for the past few years that could have repercussions for lawsuits and settlement talks going forward.
First, there was that bit of news about
Elektra vs. Santangelo -- it seems the judge in that case has decided not to let the RIAA withdraw from the case, meaning that someone's going to win, and someone else is going to lose. The case could end up looking very similar to Capitol vs. Debbie Foster, which might end in the RIAA record labels forking over attorney's fees to Foster for dragging her into the lawsuit without sufficient merit (I am not a lawyer, but this is my understanding of the case as it stands now).
Listening Post has acquired three briefs filed today in the Foster case, linked below.
From initial perusal, it appears that the record labels were notwilling to produce attorney's fees-related documents unless DebbieFoster and her lawyer agree to keep those documents confidential. Ifany bored lawyers want to have a look at these and post their opinionsabout them, here they are:
Order Granting in part and denying in part Defendant's Motion for Enforcement
Plaintiff's Reply to Defendant's response to Motion to Reconsider
Plaintiff's Response to Defendant's Motion to Enforce
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