RIAA sues the dead

"RIAA sues the dead"
Source: The Register
Date Written: February 5, 2005
Date Collected: February 7, 2005

Lawyers representing several record companies have filed suit against Gertrude Walton, 83, who allegedly made more than 700 copyrighted songs available over the Internet. However, Mrs. Walton, formerly of Beckley, West Virginia, died in December 2004, and hated computers, according to her daughter, Robin Chianumba. Mrs. Chianumba said she sent a copy of her mother's death certificate to record company lawyers in response to an initial warning letter, more than a week before the suit was filed.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/05/riaa_sues_the_dead"