RIAA claim not to have filed new cases "for months" is false
By Ty Rogers and Ray Beckerman
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!--google_ad_section_start--pAccording to a href="http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/12/no-isp-filterin.html"a report/a on Wired.com, the RIAA spokesman claims that the RIAA has not filed any new lawsuits "for months"; according to the a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122966038836021137.html"Wall Street Journal report/a the RIAA stopped filing mass lawsuits "early this fall"; and the Associated Press was apparently told that the RIAA had stopped bringing new lawsuits a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gfmThZ1bZlDu064ld5mXyNTzTWfwD9562KT00"in August/a.br /br /Being very familiar with the RIAA's penchant for a href="http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html#7965277016390095399""misspeaking"/a, 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:br /br /Atlantic Recording v. Williams 08cv01710 W.D. Pennsylvania 12/15/08br /Sony BMG Music v. Linus 08cv14413 S.D. Florida 12/11/08br /UMG Recordings v. Gulledge 08-cv-00973-MHT-TFM M.D. Alabama 12/10/08br /Warner Bros. Records Kelley 08-cv-02295-CLS N.D. Alabama 12/10/08 br /Sony BMG Music v. Van Ornum 08-cv-04205-JLH E.D. Arkansas 12/10/08br /Interscope Records v. Tabor 08-cv-03068-JLH W.D. Arkansas 12/10/08br /BMG Music v. O'Brien 08-cv-02244-HRH D. Arizona 12/10/08br /Priority Records v. Easterling 08-cv-08131-PA-JTL C.D. California 12/10/08br /UMG Recordings v. Ibarzabal 08-cv-08136-R-SH C.D. California 12/10/08br /Interscope Records v. Doe 4 08-cv-01880-JBA D. Connecticut 12/10/08br /Arista Records v. Doe 2 08-cv-01874-CFD D. Connecticut 12/10/08br /Arista Records v. Doe 3 08-cv-01876-SRU D. Connecticut 12/10/08br /UMG Recordings v. Burmeister 08-cv-02295-MPM-DGB C.D. Illinois 12/10/08br /br /Here are the most recent cases I found involving multiple John Does, which were filed the week before:br /br /Warner Bros. Records v. Does 1-4 08-cv-01425-HA D. Oregon 12/5/08br /UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Does 08-cv-00717-TCK-PJC N.D. Oklahoma 12/5/08br /UMG Recordings v. Does 1-3 08-cv-00139-DLB E.D. 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