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Monthly Archives: December 2008

RIAA files suit against hospitalized teenager and wins

According to various reports [1,2,3] the RIAA won a lawsuit against Ciara Sauro due to her inability to respond to court documents in a timely fashion. The unnamed judge has rendered a verdict in the amount of $8,000. This case was brought by the RIAA over 10 songs.

Modern Internet Fraud

I once heard a story about a scheme to defraud people out of money. The scheme worked on the principle of embarassment and went something like this. “Start a company with an innocuous name which places ads for something no one wants to be known for buying. When an order comes in reply that you […]