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RIAA PR Efforts Examined
The Importance of writes "Yale's LawMeme has an interesting article pointing out that the RIAA is having some PR success with their anti-file sharing lawsuits. People being sued are not just angry with the RIAA, they are angry with Kazaa. The LawMeme article thinks this is bad news for innovation since Congress might be likely to pass a law making innovative software providers more liable for the copyright infringements of their customers in order to stop the public outcry over the RIAA lawsuits." And in other news, a P2P group is planning to pay off the RIAA for that 12-year-old's settlement, and the BBC has an article about another victim.
At 12, this girl could not consent to giving out her personal information, so how did RIAA get it?
At 12, she could not enter into legally binding agreements for internet access, could not enter into legally binding agreements in reguard to buying or using P2P software - or even legally binging agreements to click through installation of the software!
She also could not legally accept summons for the suit, or hire legal representation to defend herself.
She also could not legally enter into a settlement agreement with the RIAA.
So what is REALLY going on?
Acts of massive stupidity are almost never covered by warranty. --me.