In a possible case of mistaken identity, the recording industry has withdrawn a lawsuit against a 66-year-old sculptor who claims never to have even downloaded song-sharing software, let alone used it.
Sarah Seabury Ward, of Newbury, Mass., and her husband use their computer to e-mail with children and grandchildren, said Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney Cindy Cohn, who has worked with the family. They use a Macintosh, which cannot even run the Kazaa file-sharing service they are accused of using illegally. . . .
[A]n attorney for the Recording Industry Association of America withdrew the case Friday, calling the move a “gesture of good faith” but writing in a letter to Ward’s attorney that the organization would continue to look into the matter and reserved the right to refile.
The story’s here from the AP via FindLaw.
In a possible case of mistaken identity, the recording industry has withdrawn a lawsuit against a 66-year-old sculptor who claims never to have even downloaded song-sharing software, let alone used it.
Sarah Seabury Ward, of Newbury, Mass., and her husband use their computer to e-mail with children and grandchildren, said Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney Cindy Cohn, who has worked with the family. They use a Macintosh, which cannot even run the Kazaa file-sharing service they are accused of using illegally. . . .
[A]n attorney for the Recording Industry Association of America withdrew the case Friday, calling the move a “gesture of good faith” but writing in a letter to Ward’s attorney that the organization would continue to look into the matter and reserved the right to refile.
The story’s here from the AP via FindLaw.
In a possible case of mistaken identity, the recording industry has withdrawn a lawsuit against a 66-year-old sculptor who claims never to have even downloaded song-sharing software, let alone used it.
Sarah Seabury Ward, of Newbury, Mass., and her husband use their computer to e-mail with children and grandchildren, said Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney Cindy Cohn, who has worked with the family. They use a Macintosh, which cannot even run the Kazaa file-sharing service they are accused of using illegally. . . .
[A]n attorney for the Recording Industry Association of America withdrew the case Friday, calling the move a “gesture of good faith” but writing in a letter to Ward’s attorney that the organization would continue to look into the matter and reserved the right to refile.
The story’s here from the AP via FindLaw.
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