The Register gives examples of even more examples of misguided RIAA lawsuits aimed at apparently innocent customers. Ross Plank of Playa Del Rey, California has been accused of making hundreds of Latin songs available for illegal download. However, there seems to be a problem with the RIAA's accusations.

"Plank does not speak Spanish and does not listen to Latin music," the EFF said in a statement. "More importantly, his computer did not even have KaZaA installed during the period when the investigation occurred."

Plank would not be the first victim of a RIAA legal misfire. The pigopolists last month withdrew their lawsuit against a 66-year-old woman after discovering that she uses a Mac and cannot run KaZaA.

I'm no legal scholar, but you would think that all these miscues would be ammunition for those accused of file sharing. The RIAA is finding out that more and more of their accusations are not panning out, which could make a court wonder just how good their evidence is to begin with.

As an internet subscriber, I wonder what defense I could muster if the RIAA falsely accused me of illegally downloading Ricky Martin, Madonna, or worse, New Kids on the Block. Perhaps a defamation countersuit would be in order.

UPDATE: The RIAA isn't discouraged by the mistakes, however. CNET reports that they are going after Charter Cable for a whole new batch of customers to sue.