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Originally Posted by Due
HAHAHA stupid RIAA, it would be a lot cheaper and more effective for them to setup an online forum with a silly name where everybody can go and complain 
How foolish to think that copyright holders think they have rights to control the interweb. |
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The RIAA had originally sued their mother, Patricia, in February 2005. Having no knowledge of how to download music, she denied the allegations and soon found herself preparing for trial?despite the fact that the judge presiding over the case called her "an Internet-illiterate parent, who does not know Kazaa from kazoo, and who can barely retrieve her e-mail." Like the thousands of others who were targeted by the RIAA, she could have made the problem go away with a check for $4,000. Instead, she spent over $24,000 defending herself against the charges before running out of money and firing her lawyer (a fundraising campaign raised an additional $15,000 for her defense).
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nothing against protecting your content, however they should have dropped the case as soon as the judge called her "an interne-illiterate parent, who does not know kazza from kazoo"
That what she should have a right to counter sue for.
There are tons of examples like this the RIAA has sued dead people, and printers.
This shoot first, ask question later attitude has to be stopped, make sure the person is guilty before you force them to spend thousands defending themselves.