RedjackRyan
07-17-2007, 06:56 AM
From Slashdot
"In Capitol v. Foster (http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/#Capitol_v_Foster), in Oklahoma, the RIAA has been directed to pay the defendant $68,685.23 in attorneys fees (http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007/07/judge-awards-68000-in-attorneys-fees.html). This is the first instance of which I am aware of the RIAA being ordered to pay the defendant attorneys fees. The judge in this case has criticized the RIAA's lawyers' motives as 'questionable (http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/04/24/177255.shtml?tid=123),' and their legal theories as 'marginal (http://www.ilrweb.com/viewILRPDF.asp?filename=capitol_foster_070206Order )' (PDF). Although the judge had previously ordered the RIAA to turn over its own attorneys billing records (http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/03/15/2124216.shtml?tid=141), today's decision (http://www.ilrweb.com/viewILRPDF.asp?filename=capitol_foster_070716Order AwardAttysFees) (PDF) made no mention of the amount that the RIAA had spent on its own lawyers."
"In Capitol v. Foster (http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/#Capitol_v_Foster), in Oklahoma, the RIAA has been directed to pay the defendant $68,685.23 in attorneys fees (http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007/07/judge-awards-68000-in-attorneys-fees.html). This is the first instance of which I am aware of the RIAA being ordered to pay the defendant attorneys fees. The judge in this case has criticized the RIAA's lawyers' motives as 'questionable (http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/04/24/177255.shtml?tid=123),' and their legal theories as 'marginal (http://www.ilrweb.com/viewILRPDF.asp?filename=capitol_foster_070206Order )' (PDF). Although the judge had previously ordered the RIAA to turn over its own attorneys billing records (http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/03/15/2124216.shtml?tid=141), today's decision (http://www.ilrweb.com/viewILRPDF.asp?filename=capitol_foster_070716Order AwardAttysFees) (PDF) made no mention of the amount that the RIAA had spent on its own lawyers."