Yes folks once again the RIAA member companies who sue by IP and wallet size once they have checked who the owner is supposed to be is
throwing in the towel after yet another failed attempt at extorting money from someone whos only crime was to have the account in their name, something that is not a breach of civil or criminal law.
http://www.slyck.com/story1364.htmlThe drama surrounding this case began nearly two years ago. Like nearly 20,000 other American citizens, Mrs. Santangelo was accused of copyright infringement by the music industry. Mrs. Santangelo was just one individual part of the RIAA's (Recording Industry Association of America) lawsuit campaign designed to cripple file-sharing an deter copyright infringement. Like most facing such an accusation, she was offered to settle for $7,500.00 from Elektra Entertainment. Unlike most however, she refused to settle and the case has slowly migrated through litigation - costing her many times what it would to settle
Mrs. Santangelo has vehemently denied any wrong doing in the case - and further stating she has little working knowledge when it comes to computers. It would appear that even a federal judge agreed with her self-assessment.
"[Patty is] an Internet-illiterate parent, who does not know Kazaa from kazoo, and who can barely retrieve her email."
Although Patti Satangelo may no longer be the target of the music industry, her children still are.
Because Mrs. Santangelo refused to settle, the music industry has simply shifted gears in this case. On November 1st, Elektra filed a copyright infringement case against her son Robert and daughter Michelle.
I hope you all agree with me that Electra has acted like the worst kind of thug in this case, and are now trying to victimise her children rather than admit they did wrong in suing this lady, a polite word for these extortion practicing companies is
vermin.
