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:End of an era...?

[cyberlotnet]

This so out of control its not funny..

Person A does something wrong, Company B sues them, Person C says its wrong for Company B to sue because Company B charges to much for Product D.

Person A kills a bunch of kids, Parents B sues, Parent C says its wrong for Parents B to sue because Person A was perverted by movies, music and video games.

Heck, we don't need law anyways, why not just throw it all out.. Make everything legal because theres just got to be some valid reason to do it right?

Coming soon to a planet near you.

Country A pushes the button and blows Country B, Country B blows up Country A, Country C says its all ok because Country D has was going to do it anyway.