Patricia Santangelo, a mother of five, has been involved in a legal battle with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) since 2005. Originally, Patricia herself was accused of downloading and sharing songs from artists such as Michael Jackson, using the Kazaa P2P client. Patricia denied it and it became pretty obvious quickly that she simply did not have the knowledge required ... [ read the full article ]
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Quote:The RIAA eventually dropped the case against her, but decided to sue two of her children, Michelle and Robert, aged 20 and 16 at the time. It said that Michelle had admitted piracy in a deposition and that Robert had been implicated by a family friend. They denied wrongdoing. However, since both are now in college and feel that the case is holding them back, they agreed to pay $7,000 in damages.
It just goes to show you how broken our legal system is. Cases like this are no longer decided in the realm of rationality, but by petty laws dreamed up by corporations and trial lawyers. Does anyone with an IQ above 35 actually believe the RIAA actually lost $7,000 dollars from the alleged uploading of this music? I hope those grease balls are proud of themselves. How do they sleep at night?
