Mother Fights RIAA Sans Lawyer → Wrong Route

The lawyer probably dropped the case due to the fact that the RIAA wanted a bond to cover the costs in case she loses.

This woman is taking the wrong route if she thinks she can defend herself. If she thinks that the court will feel sorry for her cause she has no resources, she is sadly mistaken. She needs to find a lawyer who would be willing to take the case or she needs some good advice.

It's sad to see that our court system has come down to this.

I wish her luck

Remember One just needs to know how to play the Game.
I remember one year I had 13 tickets for insurance I played the Game And Won.

Thank's Again

To paraphrase the old saying: "Anyone who represents themselves in court has a fool for a client."

Though I'd like to see the RIAA go down in flames here, she's fighting an uphill battle. Hopefully she'll encourage others to fight back though, even if she loses.

This is so untrue.

I was sued in a federal case (due to a family business going down in flames)-- where the plaintiffs were literally seeking in excess of $1 million.

Now I'm a lawyer -- of modest means -- but no way I was going to spend my life savings on hiring a lawyer to defend myself. It would have been minimum $50,000.00 to have a lawyer defend me in that case.

Not only did I eventually get plaintiffs to agree to remove me from the case (and made myself a royal pain to them in the process)-- after they finally dropped me as a defendant I sued them in small claims court (for "wrongful use of civil proceedings) and got them to pay ME $8,000.00 (the maximum allowed in small claims court in my area).

How do you like them apples?

As far as defending yourself pro se, (even when you are not familiar with the law), generally the judges bend over backwards and sort of assist (via hints) with pro se litigants filings.

Its not as bad as you think -- and I bet she'll still get help on the side from lawyers.

Congrats on the court victory!

I still think that she's got a hard row to hoe. If she gets help from sympathetic lawyers, more power to 'em. If the judge's actions during her pre-tril hearing were any indication, the defendant has at least one woman in her corner. (And luckily it's the judge...)