RIAA bust a 12 year old girl
Tuesday, September 9, 2003 by The DJ | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
By Ashlee Vance in Chicago
Posted: 09/09/2003 at 13:54 GMT
The RIAA has nailed one of the most prolific file-traders in the U.S., filing a lawsuit against 12-year-old Brianna LaHara.
When not at the playground with her friends, "Biggie Brianna" is trading music files from her home in New York. The little girl received one of the 261 lawsuits filed by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) on Monday, according to the New York Post. She may look like a sweet and innocent child, but the RIAA says it's only going after major copyright violators at the moment. So you make the call.
"I got really scared. My stomach is all turning," Brianna told the Post. "I thought it was OK to download music because my mom paid a service fee for it. Out of all people, why did they pick me?"
It turns out that Brianna's mum paid a $29.99 service charge to kazaa for the company's music service. Brianna, however, thought this meant she could download songs at will. How naive!
When reporters charged into Brianna's home, she was helping her brother with some homework. She is an honors student at St. Gregory the Great school.
Brianna could face charges of up to $150,000 per infringed song, but we have a feeling this might be a tad unrealistic. We suggest the RIAA take all of her toys instead.
"Nobody likes playing the heavy and having to resort to litigation," RIAA president Cary Sherman said in a statement. "But when your product is being regularly stolen, there comes a time when you have to take appropriate action."
Go get her, Cary. ®
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/32731.html
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Reply #2 Tuesday, September 9, 2003 12:03 PM
She's playing dumb.
Reply #3 Tuesday, September 9, 2003 12:12 PM
Age is no excuse. If she was a 12 year old boy who stole a car, would that be innocent and sweet too? "Oh, my dad is paying a fee to the AAA, so I thought that meant I could take any car I wanted!"
Anyway, parents are responsible for their children, if mom or dad couldn't tell her that stealing music was bad, then they deserve a fine indeed.
Reply #4 Tuesday, September 9, 2003 12:17 PM
Reply #5 Tuesday, September 9, 2003 12:19 PM
| That is disgusting. It seems to me that those Anti-P2P associations are just picking on people now. Innocent People. That is really horrible to choose a 12 year old girl, who didn't even know it was a crime. RIAA suck... |
Just because she was 12 doesn't automatically mean she didn't know it was a crime. And if she knew her age is no excuse.
Reply #6 Tuesday, September 9, 2003 12:24 PM
soooo her daughter thinks its ok.
It would seem to me she is the used by Kazaa along with other children and their parents fooling them to believe that its ok to do what they are doing.
Then there is the RIAA...
Reply #7 Tuesday, September 9, 2003 12:33 PM
let this one go I would suggest, (261 is a weird number, 260 would be better )anyway, they cant do anything to the kid..., the parents are a diffrend story
Reply #8 Tuesday, September 9, 2003 12:41 PM
'cause kazaa uses spyware
but kazaa lite doesnt.
Reply #9 Tuesday, September 9, 2003 12:45 PM
| Apparently kazaa lite won't get you in trouble for d/l songs'cause kazaa uses spywarebut kazaa lite doesnt. |
I wouldn't trust that. I believe they are mostly looking at everything in your share folder at this time to see who to get. I don't think kazaa lite will keep them from looking at that.
Reply #10 Tuesday, September 9, 2003 12:48 PM
Anyway, she knew what she was doing and is playing dumb.
Reply #11 Tuesday, September 9, 2003 1:28 PM
also a 12 year old kid is suppose to know better? or even care when most adults don't (What a rediculous target or example for them to use)
They'll be sueing till hell freezes over and never stop this just like they can't stop murder or thieft which they should use their energies on but won't cuz money is not involved there so their kickback is not enough... *sigh* typical
Reply #12 Tuesday, September 9, 2003 1:31 PM
| #10 by The DJ - 9/9/2003 12:48:37 PM Could they not easily log your IP address and log everything your download? Anyway, she knew what she was doing and is playing dumb. |
Ip addresses are not necessarily static, and you can't prove who was using the computer (what if you have a family of 5?)
She's 12 years old! Playing dumb? When I was 12 I had no concept of piracy. I didn't think anything was wrong with recording a song off the radio (which was illegal).
Reply #13 Tuesday, September 9, 2003 1:34 PM
Reply #14 Tuesday, September 9, 2003 2:07 PM
| 12 by Admin KarmaGirl - 9/9/2003 1:31:07 PM #10 by The DJ - 9/9/2003 12:48:37 PM She's 12 years old! Playing dumb? When I was 12 I had no concept of piracy. I didn't think anything was wrong with recording a song off the radio (which was illegal). |
She's in 7th grade and an honor student. She's either old enough to know better or mentally handicapped.
Reply #15 Tuesday, September 9, 2003 2:11 PM
) 12 year olds are kids. Now, her parents are a different story. But, thinking that a 12 year old thinks about copyright might be too much.Reply #16 Tuesday, September 9, 2003 2:36 PM
Reply #17 Tuesday, September 9, 2003 2:51 PM
You can pretty much guarantee all her friends are using Kazaa too. Where did she hear about it from? Who installed it? And whats up with this service charge her mom payed?
Her mother payed and knew nothing about it??
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Reply #18 Tuesday, September 9, 2003 3:35 PM
Come on now people. At 12 I was stealing candy bars at the corner store (yes I was), and I knew perfectly well that it was bad, it it's precisely why I was doing it.
A few precisions need to be made here.
1) They will not prosecute the 12 year old. The RIAA will prosecute the person who pays ISP bill.
2) IP addresses are indeed logged, and the RIAA got a court order for the ISP's to submit the identitity of the account that had a given IP at a given time. ISP's have that information, they are required by law to have it and to keep it. Anonymity doesn't exist on the Net, anybody can be tracked down.
Reply #19 Tuesday, September 9, 2003 3:39 PM
I say the mum is the guilty party....she paid for the 'service' and is the 'responsible adult'....definitely over 12....and since the girl is a minor then I'm sure the parents will be 'looked at' as culpable.
My guess is that when she found herself in 'trouble' it was not entirely a surprise....friends or classmates would have been aware of the current issues with P2P...Napster....Metallica....etc. None of this is new, just the actioning is...
Reply #20 Tuesday, September 9, 2003 3:49 PM
RIAA could have solved this years ago but no, they are to greedy and charge everyone rediculous prices for music. Its Napster all over again.
Look at Apple $0.99 for a mp3... with iTunes
Yeah lets sue everyone and their granny that will work
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