RIAA Sues 19-Year-Old Transplant Patient

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Just when you think they've reached rock bottom, it seems the RIAA always finds room to sink a little lower. This time they've sued an innocent, 19-year-old transplant patient, hospitalized with pancreatitis and needing islet cell transplants. Although the young Pittsburgh lady claims that she did not infringe any copyrights, she failed to answer the complaint in time, and a default judgment was taken against her. A Pittsburgh area lawyer has stated that he will represent her pro bono and make a motion to open up the default."

Comments

Re:Why doesn't somebody countersue them

[bytethese]

I think he's just being thorough, not anal... heh

My solution which also fixes the whole economy

[Skapare]

The solution I have in mind will not only instantly fix Ms. Sauro's case, but will also start turning the economy around. Given the economic problem, people and businesses that are owed money know it is unlikely they will get it, especially if the economy ends up where it is obviously headed. My solution would require Congress to pass it as a law and the (new) president to sign it. It would not be an instant fix as in bringing things back to normal overnight, but it would turn things around and start heading in the up direction. That solution is "total debt amnesty". That is, there is a declaration that every person and every business no longer owes what they owed as of a specified date (when it passes). All debts are cleared just like in discharge bankruptcy, but without the disbursement of remaining money. All civil court judgments are cleared. All records of these debts are removed (all negative entries on all credit reports are removed). Ms. Sauro's would owe no money (not even her medical bills accumulated so far). This would be a very very drastic action, but I believe it would work. Only debt collectors would be put out on the street for a while, and that's a good thing (the best ones would be slowly hired back as dumb people re-acquire debt and fail to pay). The survival of the economy isn't about the debt we have now. It's more about the confidence we (don't) have in the future.

OK, sorry, off-topic a bit.