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06-02-2005, 01:48 PM
Dead Woman, Who Didn't Have Computer, Sued For Music Trading
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The recording industry sued Gertrude Walton, accusing her of illegally trading music over the Internet as "smittenedkitten."
But the lawsuit was filed more than a month after the 83-year-old woman died in December, and her daughter says Walton hated computers, anyway.
A group of record companies named Walton as the sole defendant in a federal lawsuit, claiming she made more than 700 songs available for free on the Internet.
Walton's daughter, Robin Chianumba, lived with her mother for the last 17 years and said her mother objected to having a computer in the house.
http://www.wftv.com/news/4164623/detail.html?treets=orlc&tml=orlc_strange&ts=T&tmi=orlc_strange_1_100002 02042005
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The recording industry sued Gertrude Walton, accusing her of illegally trading music over the Internet as "smittenedkitten."
But the lawsuit was filed more than a month after the 83-year-old woman died in December, and her daughter says Walton hated computers, anyway.
A group of record companies named Walton as the sole defendant in a federal lawsuit, claiming she made more than 700 songs available for free on the Internet.
Walton's daughter, Robin Chianumba, lived with her mother for the last 17 years and said her mother objected to having a computer in the house.
http://www.wftv.com/news/4164623/detail.html?treets=orlc&tml=orlc_strange&ts=T&tmi=orlc_strange_1_100002 02042005