August 22, 2004
P2P User Defended by EFF Chooses to Settle with RIAA
Almost a year ago, the EFF agreed to defend Ross Plank, who claimed that the RIAA had mistakenly identified him as an infringer. According to this article (via Furdlog), Plank paid an $11,000 settlement “after lawyers found on his computer traces of hundreds of songs that had been deleted one day after he was sued.” Ouch for Mr. Plank, and perhaps a bit of egg on the face for the EFF. It’s not clear whether the songs they found were the ones originally cited in the lawsuit or others. I wonder what he told the EFF before they took on the case and if they were given the full story. Who knows?
Filed by Derek Slater at 6:00 pm under General news
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