Last night in Tribeca there was a dance party for "Tim Davis, a young NYC artist who got sued by the RIAA for downloading. He had a remarkably small number of songs at issue, yet because he also teaches ONE photography class at the college level as an adjunct "he should have known better." As such, Tim's being held more accountable than other defendants." -Jay Flemma/Pho List.

Good party, at the art studio he shares with four other artists. Great music. Funk. Real old fashioned Technics 1200 turntables with real old-fashioned 45s. The highlight was the terrific dance party DJ'd by Bambouche of the Vanguard Squad. About 7 of us went, and it was really fun. Great dancing. Interesting mix of people. Tim's cool, and if people can, send him a donation. His "Free Timmy" T-Shirts (black, with hot pink writing) are well worth the $25, which he sold last night to raise money, and can probably be had via email at info at davistim.com.

UPDATE 11/10/03: Tim's website has information for making donations. He's had to pay $10,000 to the RIAA for 300 songs, much more per song than the rest of the people settling for more like $2-3k, for over a 1000 songs, and he doesn't have a lot of money.

Updated 12/5/03. Jay Flemma writes that the payment was less, (the 10k is what Tim says he's "in the hole for") "call it around 7K and 'well under 800 songs...'." Still, Tim's had a tough time and it would be nice if folks wanted to buy a t-shirt or donate to his fund.