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RIAA Settles With 12-Year-Old Downloader

Posted by timothy on from the can't-make-this-stuff-up dept.

Murdock037 writes "It looks like the RIAA has rushed to settle with 12-year-old Brianna LaHara, after serving her with a lawsuit on Monday. It looks like her single mother will be paying a $2,000 fine to the RIAA for her daughter's song-swapping, which they had thought was legal. Said Brianna: 'I am sorry for what I have done. I love music and don't want to hurt the artists I love.' What a relief this must be for the Rolling Stones."

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  1. orchestrated... by }}mons{{ · · Score: 0, Redundant

    they are using her AS AN EXAMPLE

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  2. Re:I took action today... by KalvinB · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I shook my head at the morally bankrupt Slashdot crowd that wants to continue lying to people telling them that stealing music should be legal.

    And I kept my money and I'm going to use it to buy a CD or a movie.

    Ben

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  3. Re:RIAA's self-proclaimed "War on Consumers" by superfast-scooter · · Score: 0, Redundant

    :P

  4. Give the RIAA your middle finger by schematix · · Score: 0, Redundant
    This is an outlandish attack by the RIAA against a poverty stricken 12-year old and her family. This really demostrates to the world what worthless pieces of shit the RIAA is. Show the RIAA how much you care... donate to the eff and help stop this bullshit. If you can't donate, please boycott these cocksuckers by refusing to purchase music until they can treat their customers like real people. Even better, download even more music, just being sure to cover your tracks.

    This makes me sick.

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    Scott