RIAA Threatens 15-Year-Old

MunchMunch writes "It looks like the RIAA is still going after teenagers--this time, 15-year old Megan Dickinson was caught sharing 1,100 files. At the maximum statutory damages for copyright infringement, this makes Megan's liability at least $825,000, at most a mere $165,000,000. Naturally, the RIAA benevolently offered a $3,500 settlement to avoid these moderate, legally sanctioned damages. As we can hardly forget, the RIAA has already used this technique to settle with a 12 year old. Megan's unsurprising take: 'Yeah, it seems ridiculous.'"

Comments

Re:What's stopping

[sharrestom]

In the news tonight, SCO has hired the RIAA to enforce its new licensing program. According to an SCO spokesman, "We know legal stuff, but when it comes to the dirty work of policing our licensing programs, we find the RIAA a much better fit". "Besides, open source and stealing songs, its a twofer."

Re:Why these things get modded down

[Quikah]

See, what you and the parent seem to miss, is that most Slashdotters respond to stories like this in the usual fashion, because most of us disagree with the laws as they stand.

So you are saying that because a post disagrees with the current Slashdot opinion on the subject then it is OK to mod that person as a troll?

Re:YOU know that..

[nickol]

Do you realize that teenagers has less stable psychic than older people ? Do you know that teenagers has a strong tendency for commiting suicide ?
See here for list of articles
What if one of those girls will kill herself, impressed and frustrated by that 1000000000$ fee ?
RIAA will not be responsible for murder.