Fighting the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) can...
Fighting the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) can pay off, if the apparent outcome of the P2P infringement case Capitol v. Frye is any indication. The RIAA accepted Terri Frye’s second offer of judgment in the U.S. District…
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Court for the Western District of North Carolina, for Frye to pay the trade group $300. The RIAA typically gets $3,000 or more in a P2P settlement. A single mother on food stamps, living in subsidized housing with a discounted Internet subscription, Frye strongly challenged the RIAA lawsuit in May counterclaims, saying association evidence -- a screenshot of her computer’s shared folder -- showed that she was not sharing files. The RIAA was given until July 15 to file a response. The first offer from Frye to the RIAA is not in court documents. P2P defense lawyer Ray Beckerman, who writes the Recording Industry vs. the People blog, told us it was the first instance he had seen of P2P parties using an offer of judgment to resolve a case. The agreement requires the judge’s approval.