aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

RIAA: Priceless

UMG v Lindor is being closely watched because a federal judge ruled that the RIAA will have to show that Ms. Lindor actually shared music, a higher burden than simply demonstrating that she made the files available for download.

Today Recording Industry v The People tells us that a new discovery dispute has erupted in the case:

[T]he RIAA is refusing to comply with Magistrate Judge Levy’s order directing them to turn over “all relevant documents” concerning their wholesale prices for downloads unless Ms. Lindor’s attorneys agree to keep the prices confidential. Ms. Lindor’s attorneys are willing to keep the details of the contracts confidential, but not the pricing and volume information, and have submitted a proposed order to the judge to resolve the dispute…

Clickthrough for links to the relevant docs. And stay tuned…