Where did the form go? There is a group of merry pranksters out there with nothing to do but paste pages laden with links into forms all day. Now What Do I Do? Send e-mail to wizard (at) azoz.com. If I get any interesting e-mail, I'll post it here.

From the Wizard's Mailbag... I have a friend who is being sued by RIAA for downloading music. She is a student at a Chicago university and is very scared about the suit. Can you recommend anyone in the area to represent her or can you recommend any course of action? Thanks, Mike I am not a lawyer, I am a writer and a musician and I am not qualified to give a course of action, especially not knowing the specifics (which I don't want to know). Does the university have a legal department? These things usually come in groups. Many universities have had the subpoenas tossed because there were multiple cased grouped together, which the RIAA has repeatedly been told not to do. Go to this site: http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/ Ray Beckerman seems to be the country's leading attorney against the RIAA. He can probably help you locate an attorney that knows what he's doing. I think there may even be a directory of anti-RIAA lawyers. And then there is http://www.rivaa.org, which is rather new, but is a victim's advocate. I think Beckerman is the best bet. 99% of the people that get subpoenas pay the settlement. Those that insist the RIAA prove their case have been fighting a 3-year battle before the RIAA gives up, usually on the verge of a court date, because they have no evidence. The defendants have been cashing out at between $60,000 to $100,000 because, unless the wording of the subpoenas has changed this year, the RIAA can't prove what they accuse the alleged filesharers of. If your friend is truly innocent, fighting the RIAA is a long, grueling process, but there's a big payday at the end, at least for your lawyer. And it would be stupid to pay $4,000 for a "crime" you did not commit, especially when the RIAA is not capable of proving that filesharers have violated the law, even when they catch them. Only one case has ever gone to trial. They've sued more than 30,000 people. The only real course of action I can give you is to stop listening to RIAA music, or at least turn off sharing. I know that sounds sarcastic, but this is the 6th year of lawsuits and they're still reeling in the college kids. Find some new music to listen to that's not illegal.