Judge Recognizes That Parents Aren't Liable For Kids RIAA Mis-Adventures

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 [Cold Chilli] "...a judge has said that the liability cannot be placed on the parent, freaking out the RIAA, who withdrew the case, and then tried to have the judge open up another way to go after the kid -- and the judge refused."

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 [Davenetics: Newsmonger] Judge Recognizes That Parents Aren’t Liable For Kids RIAA Mis-Adventures: This issue has finally been getting more attention lately, as a few parents have started fighting back against the RIAA, raising the question of liability for the actions of others. This came out last week, so we're a bit late on it, but it's worth noting that in at least one such case, a judge has said that the liability cannot be placed on the parent, freaking out the RIAA, who withdrew the case, and then tried to have the judge open up another way to go after the kid -- and the judge refused.

[P2p.weblogsinc.com] RIAA subpoenas to be required judicial review - The Peer-to-Peer ...: In an appeal of a case between Charter Communications and the RIAA, a three judge federals appeals court ruled that the RIAA must follow the normal process of judicial review when submitting subpeonas for details regarding individuals on file-sharing networks. The RIAA was bypassing the review process, claiming simply filing the subpeona was sufficeint, rathet then waiting for a judge to approve the subpeona and inform the alleged infringing individual. 

 [Digg.com] digg / music: Via Techdirt.com (http://techdirt.com/articles/20050921/0959248_F.shtml) "...a judge has said that the liability cannot be placed on the parent, freaking out the RIAA, who withdrew the case, and then tried to have the judge open up another way to go after the kid -- and the judge refused." Sweet, sweet victory!

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Posted at September 25, 2005 08:36 AM