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This legal action was initiated in 2011, the action to separate the defendants was filed and individual suits were filed in December, 2011. Several of the defendants are still running multiple shows each week, some at the very locations they were filled for.

How is this such a slam dunk for Sound Choice if these cases have still not been resolved nearly 2 years later?

Oh yes, these guys have lawyered up and are fighting back. I have talked to several legitimate KJs in the area who have played by the rules but are watching these guys take new shows because the venues don't believe anything can happen to them due to the piracy, and so far, nothing has happened to anybody.

James Harrington is the attorney for Sound Choice.

Legally if you have a strong case you try to bring it to trial as quickly as possible to get it resolved. True the case was delayed since it had to be refiled on each individual defendant, something that should have been done in the first place. I know Jim was trying to save his client some money. Time is money also. I think the truth is this is not the slam dunk Jim and Kurt have been maintaining it is. That their legal grounds are not as firm as they would like to have others think it is. Jim and SC drag these things out, have them dismissed without prejudice, then refile them at a later date. All of this is designed to wear down the defendants and have them pay the plaintiff off just to make SC go away. Really if the defendants want to make SC and Jim go away all they have to do is license the GEM series and everything will stop. As expensive as this legal process is I'm surprised they haven't already paid up. Unless they think they can win and stick the plaintiff with their court costs. You are not the only one wondering Rick what is going on? Thunder has had an on going fight with a pirate that started operating in his area, then went to N.C., then Florida, and is now back in Virgina running a multiple rig operation. The typical case of a mobile suspected pirate running from state to state. Why should the venues believe that the manus can or will do something? It seems to be the practice to start these suits to get easy out of court settlements, if any opposition legally appears they either drop the matter or delay delay delay. The few times the legal process has gone all the way the outcome hasn't been a slam dunk for SC. Unless the host or venue just fails to respond, and SC manages to win by default.

First, I would opine that many folks would rather spend a lot of money to take those trying to intimidate out. A matter of both pride and a sense of justice.

As for the expense: Yes, these folks have laid out for lawyers. However, depending on the strength of the case ( which doesn't seem like much when actually argued before the courts), the expense can be ZERO or higher, depending on how much work the defendant wishes to do as well. Panama City proved that.

SC ( and now PR) loves to talk about the expense of defending oneself in order to convince those sued to simply pay them off.

I would also add that it seems that whenever SC actually GOES to court, more and more holes end up on court records that can be used by the NEXT defendant. In other words, all off the past mistakes that they have made now make it easier and easier for any new defendant to win their case, requiring even less money.

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