[mythtv-users] A prediction is coming true, faster than I thought
Brian Wood
beww at beww.org
Tue Jul 17 18:21:08 UTC 2007
Allan Stirling wrote:
>
> This is completely off-topic, even having read the entire
> document, but the assumptions here seem unjustified.
OT perhaps, but the list is "MythTV-Users", and I think this subject is
of interest to a lot of the folks here.
>
> The defendant (as far as my limited legal knowledge goes)
> paid her legal council the sum of $100,000 give or take.
>
> She gets $68,000 reimbursed by the courts.
>
> So isn't she in fact $22k worse off than if the case never
> took place?
Maybe, maybe not. What was actually billed, and what was claimed, and
what was actually paid are probably very different things.
That was the gist of what the judge said, in effect, "billable",and
"actually paid out-of-pocket" are different.
The defendant almost certainly knew the award would be reduced, and thus
probably made the highest possible claims of costs without overt fraud.
Everyone involved probably knew the true situation, but can't actually
say so.
The attorney involved will almost certainly benefit in the future from
this case, and it's pretty hard to put a price on that sort of publicity.
The bottom line is the RIAA didn't get what it wanted, a defendant was
vindicated, an attorney "won" a case, and we all smile a little bit.
BEWW
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