The RIAA's scattershot strategy of suing anything that moves ran into a snag last week - they found a plaintiff that was unwilling to to pay his lunch money to make them go away:

In Elektra v. Wilke, the Chicago RIAA case in which defendant Paul Wilke has moved for summary judgment, the RIAA has filed a motion for "expedited discovery", alleging that it does not have sufficient evidence to withstand Mr. Wilke's motion. The RIAA's lawyer said

"Plaintiffs cannot at this time, without an opportunity for full discovery present by affidavit facts essential to justify their opposition to Defendant's motion.

Here, let me translate: "We didn't think we'd need any evidence. We intended to extort a few thousand dollars from this guy, and move along to the next victim. Since when do we need actual facts?"

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