Copyright Law

In case against former Carnegie Mellon student, RIAA files amended complaint; new caption is LaFace Records v. Maddox

By Ty Rogers and Ray Beckerman

In a Pittsburgh case targeting Carnegie Mellon Students which has previously been known as Fonovisa Records 1-9, in which the Court dismissed as to John Does 1-2 and 4-9 due to improper joinder, the RIAA has many months later amended its complaint to pursue "John Doe #3", a Carnegie Mellon student, in her own name.

The caption in the amended complaint reads LaFace Records v. Maddox.

From a review of the docket, it is not clear that the plaintiffs' filing of an amended complaint is timely.

The amended complaint is in the new form which doesn't mention MediaSentry at all, but falsely states that "Plaintiffs identified an individual".

Amended complaint

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Full post as published by Recording Industry vs The People on March 07, 2009 (boomark / email).