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As always, thanks for the link, Chip. Printed and saved.

I'm not in the business of law. Is this site open to public subscription?

Yes, thank you chips, this saved me the effort to copy and paste it!

yes it is. It costs 8 cents per page to download a document at pacer.gov

(by the way, the magistrate still has not issued a determination/opinion/order regarding the multiple defendants and forcing SC to refile their lawsuits as individual actions)

yes it is. It costs 8 cents per page to download a document at pacer.gov

Funny, I could only find one defendant on the SC v Nigel suit, why would the magistrate need to issue a determination/opinion/order regarding the multiple defendants?

They actually changed the fee structure last year. If you use less than $10 a month, the fees are waived so unless you are downloading a LOT of data, it costs you nothing.

He's referring to the original filing from 2009.

Refer to this thread: http://karaokescene.com/forums/viewtopi ... 26&t=21622

So are you saying he is just cutting cheese?

The lawsuit refered to in that case is totally different, totally different filling in a totally different state.

He's referring to the original filing from 2009.

Refer to this thread: viewtopic.php?f=26&t=21622

I look at it this way, if SC sues 25 defendants and seeks $20,000 in damages from each the juries or judges will see $625,000 as a very large sum! The defendants can lower their cost by hiring one attorney to defend all 25 and for sanctions and attorney's fees due Sound Choice the judge may look at it as one case instead of 25 and thus reduce SC's recovery of attorney's fees to "one case". On the other hand an award of $50,000 for infringement plus attorney's fees by one defendant doesn't look like that great of an amount, but will actually hit the pirate a lot harder.

Some Debts Are Never Discharged

Exceptions to discharge primarily relate to prior bad acts. The law seeks to prevent anyone to discharge debts and profit from harming another or neglecting high priority obligations. These exceptions include the types of debts appearing immediately below.

1.Back taxes, accrued interest, government fines, penalties and punitive debts assessed by government authorities.
2.Any debt that was not eliminated in a prior bankruptcy case filed under chapter 7.
3.Debts resulting from credit card withdrawals for $750 or more, if the withdrawal occurred within 70 days of filing.
4.Debts for purchases of luxury goods or luxury services for $500 or more, if the debt occurred during 90 days before filing.
5.Debts created by accounts, credit cards, unsecured loans or installment credit if accepted during the 60 days before filing.
6.Liability resulting from the commission of a crime, including fraud, theft, larceny, embezzlement, robbery. This ban applies at the time of discharge and is covers all debts incurred at any time without limitation, including all court ordered restitution.
7.Debts for damages and personal injuries caused while a debtor drove under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances.
8.Any debts assigned to a governmental authority for collection.
9.Liability for malicious injuries, including assault, battery and vandalism.
10.Other fines for violations of law, including all criminal fines and traffic tickets.
11.All debts credit created fraud, deception, concealment or intentional false pretenses.

Also consider that $50,000 or $60,000 is not really all that much money.

My wife's cancer surgery and treatments were over $60,000 and we had that paid off in 5 years (no insurance), so filing bankruptcy to get out of paying that amount of money would be foolish.

It is going to be a little harder to discharge a debt from a judgement specifically because of that judgement. If the Manu can show that the pirate was operating in the black before a judgement was rendered a bankruptcy court is generally not going to consider the judgement itself cause to grant bankruptcy.

And add to this even if the bankruptcy filing were granted the pirate would still be out of the karaoke business because the court would order the sale of all of his gear and he would have to deal with another suit for the same violations if he started up again (this one not protected by bankruptcy law)

1.Back taxes, accrued interest, government fines, penalties and punitive debts assessed by government authorities.