How low can the RIAA go?
“I have NO words to describe the RIAA’s latest actions. Targeting children, single mothers, and other people who have no clue what they did wrong.”
So says Lennart on Holland’s Torrentfreak, going on:
“The RIAA precisely selects its prey, the less money, the better. Everything that’s vulnerable is perfect. Completely ignorant to the fact that peoples lives are completely RUINED.
“Don’t get me wrong, I’m not advocating piracy here, I just want people to know that the RIAA is acting totally out of line here. Come on, how low can they get?
“Most victims have absolutely NO clue, hardly know how a computer works, have NO money to fight back, and have NO life left.”
Lennart then quotes Jim Trojan, a Pennsylvania father who’s being nailed by the Big Four Organized Music cartel. Jim’s email is on lawyer Ray Beckerman’s Recording Industry vs The People blog.
We also have a post from Trojan.
Meanwhile, Torrentfreak also carries an appeal for Patti Santangelo, the New York mother’s who’s taking on the multi-billion-dollar Big Four, Warner Music, Sony BMG, Vivendi Universal and EMI, wholly and solely supported by p2pnet readers.
So far, well-wishers and supporter have poured an amazing $11,769.76 (as of 1:04 Pacific) into the Patti Santangelo Fight Goliath fund.
Patti and two of her children - Yes, the RIAA likes going after kids - have just been interrogated by Big Four lawyers - and discovery is slated for March 5. Some time after that, the trial will start.
So a lot more money will be needed.
Why is p2pnet, a Canadian site, worried about an American family?
The RIAA’s bizarre sue ‘em all marketing campaign is portrayed by the mainstream media as a US incident. However, it’s merely a component in the carefully orchestrated world-wide scheme to use local laws and government and police authorities to blackmail ‘consumers’ into buying high-priced, low-quality Big Four ‘product’.
What’s happening in America can happen anywhere, and it will, if the labels have their way as they suborn governments and law enforcement agencies.
We don’t want to see anyone else, anywhere else, subjected to the same brutal Big Four ’sales’ tactics.
By helping Patti to a victory, you’ll be helping all the other existing and potential Big Music victims around the world.