Today the RIAA Filed 261 Lawsuits against Song Swappers.. (News Article)

[musicradio77]

What can I do, I can buy a CD, a cassette or a record that I want to get at numerous yard sales, thrift stores and flea markets. What should i do?

[musicradio77]

Here is an article from today's Daily News:

SUED FOR A SONG
NYC 12-yr.-old among 261 citied as sharers
By Soni Sangha and Phyliss Furman

A shy Manhattan schoolgirl who gets a kick out of nursery songs and TV themes was among 261 people sued yesterday for downloading music from the internet.

Brianna LaHara, a curly-haired 12-year-old honor student who started seventh grade yesterday at St. Gregory the Great Catholic school on W. 90th St., couldn't believe she's one of the "major offenders" the music moguls are after.

"Oh, my god, what's going to happen now?" she asked after hearing of the suit. "My stomach is all in knots."

Told she may have to go to court, Brianna's eyes widened behind the wir-rimmed glasses and she said, "I'm just shocked that all of the people that do this, I'm on the list."

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) said the suits filed yesterday included about 60 that targeted suspects in New York who downloaded more than 1,000 songs

The group blames computer users such as Brianna, who use software programs to trade music with others on the internet, for a 30% drop in music sales.

Each person sued yesterday could be liable for fines up to $150,000 for each poached track.

'Appropriate action'

Experts had predicted a large number of the suits likely would name youngsters.

"Nobody likes playing the heavy and having to resort to litigation, but when your product is being regularly stolen, there comes a time when you have to take appropriate action," said Carey Sherman, president of the recording association.

Sherman warrned that the group may file thousands more lawsuits against people who use programs like Kazaa, Grokster, Gnutella, Blubster and iMesh.

Brianna's mother, Sylvia, 40, director of a nurse placement agency, said her daughter was helping her 9-year-old brother with his homework when the Daily News arrived at their apartment on W. 84th St. with word about the suit.

"For crying out loud, she's just a child," the mother said. "This isn't like those people who say, 'my son is a good boy,' and he's holding a bloody knife. All we did was use a service."

The mother said she signed up for Kazza, paying a $29.95 fee. "If you're paying for it, you're not stealing it, so what is this all about?" she asked.

She said Brianna downloaded music by Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey, along with the themes to television shows like "Family Matters" and "Full House" - and even the nursery song, "If You're Happy and You Know It."

"That's really threadening to the music industry," she scoffed.

"If this was something we profiting from, that's one thing. But we were just listening and sometimes dancing to the music," said the mother.

She vowed to get a lawyer to fight the suit, which she termed "ridiculous."

[laceyinthesky]

Originally posted by BrooklynGuy78
Here is an article from today's Daily News:

SUED FOR A SONG
NYC 12-yr.-old among 261 citied as sharers
By Soni Sangha and Phyliss Furman

A shy Manhattan schoolgirl who gets a kick out of nursery songs and TV themes was among 261 people sued yesterday for downloading music from the internet.

Brianna LaHara, a curly-haired 12-year-old honor student who started seventh grade yesterday at St. Gregory the Great Catholic school on W. 90th St., couldn't believe she's one of the "major offenders" the music moguls are after.

"Oh, my god, what's going to happen now?" she asked after hearing of the suit. "My stomach is all in knots."

Told she may have to go to court, Brianna's eyes widened behind the wir-rimmed glasses and she said, "I'm just shocked that all of the people that do this, I'm on the list."

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) said the suits filed yesterday included about 60 that targeted suspects in New York who downloaded more than 1,000 songs

The group blames computer users such as Brianna, who use software programs to trade music with others on the internet, for a 30% drop in music sales.

Each person sued yesterday could be liable for fines up to $150,000 for each poached track.

'Appropriate action'

Experts had predicted a large number of the suits likely would name youngsters.

"Nobody likes playing the heavy and having to resort to litigation, but when your product is being regularly stolen, there comes a time when you have to take appropriate action," said Carey Sherman, president of the recording association.

Sherman warrned that the group may file thousands more lawsuits against people who use programs like Kazaa, Grokster, Gnutella, Blubster and iMesh.

Brianna's mother, Sylvia, 40, director of a nurse placement agency, said her daughter was helping her 9-year-old brother with his homework when the Daily News arrived at their apartment on W. 84th St. with word about the suit.

"For crying out loud, she's just a child," the mother said. "This isn't like those people who say, 'my son is a good boy,' and he's holding a bloody knife. All we did was use a service."

The mother said she signed up for Kazza, paying a $29.95 fee. "If you're paying for it, you're not stealing it, so what is this all about?" she asked.

She said Brianna downloaded music by Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey, along with the themes to television shows like "Family Matters" and "Full House" - and even the nursery song, "If You're Happy and You Know It."

"That's really threadening to the music industry," she scoffed.

"If this was something we profiting from, that's one thing. But we were just listening and sometimes dancing to the music," said the mother.

She vowed to get a lawyer to fight the suit, which she termed "ridiculous."

That's really sad.

[laceyinthesky]

I'm personally vowing to not buy another cd. The RIAA and all of these already-filthy-f***ing-rich-and-bitching-musicians are pissing me off. I have all the cds I'll ever need anyway.

[Truth]

Originally posted by BrooklynGuy78


The mother said she signed up for Kazza, paying a $29.95 fee. "If you're paying for it, you're not stealing it, so what is this all about?" she asked.

I wonder what thats about... Kazaa now has something called "Kazaa Plus" thats 30 bucks but that didnt arrive till just a couple weeks ago... And to answer her question about that... The 30 bucks is going to the makers of Kazaa not the Artists...


I agree though going after a 12 year old like that is pathetic...

[Kristina]

Originally posted by BrooklynGuy78
Here is an article from today's Daily News:

SUED FOR A SONG
NYC 12-yr.-old among 261 citied as sharers
By Soni Sangha and Phyliss Furman

A shy Manhattan schoolgirl who gets a kick out of nursery songs and TV themes was among 261 people sued yesterday for downloading music from the internet.

Brianna LaHara, a curly-haired 12-year-old honor student who started seventh grade yesterday at St. Gregory the Great Catholic school on W. 90th St., couldn't believe she's one of the "major offenders" the music moguls are after.

"Oh, my god, what's going to happen now?" she asked after hearing of the suit. "My stomach is all in knots."

Told she may have to go to court, Brianna's eyes widened behind the wir-rimmed glasses and she said, "I'm just shocked that all of the people that do this, I'm on the list."

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) said the suits filed yesterday included about 60 that targeted suspects in New York who downloaded more than 1,000 songs

The group blames computer users such as Brianna, who use software programs to trade music with others on the internet, for a 30% drop in music sales.

Each person sued yesterday could be liable for fines up to $150,000 for each poached track.

'Appropriate action'

Experts had predicted a large number of the suits likely would name youngsters.

"Nobody likes playing the heavy and having to resort to litigation, but when your product is being regularly stolen, there comes a time when you have to take appropriate action," said Carey Sherman, president of the recording association.

Sherman warrned that the group may file thousands more lawsuits against people who use programs like Kazaa, Grokster, Gnutella, Blubster and iMesh.

Brianna's mother, Sylvia, 40, director of a nurse placement agency, said her daughter was helping her 9-year-old brother with his homework when the Daily News arrived at their apartment on W. 84th St. with word about the suit.

"For crying out loud, she's just a child," the mother said. "This isn't like those people who say, 'my son is a good boy,' and he's holding a bloody knife. All we did was use a service."

The mother said she signed up for Kazza, paying a $29.95 fee. "If you're paying for it, you're not stealing it, so what is this all about?" she asked.

She said Brianna downloaded music by Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey, along with the themes to television shows like "Family Matters" and "Full House" - and even the nursery song, "If You're Happy and You Know It."

"That's really threadening to the music industry," she scoffed.

"If this was something we profiting from, that's one thing. But we were just listening and sometimes dancing to the music," said the mother.

She vowed to get a lawyer to fight the suit, which she termed "ridiculous."

my god, a 12 year old girl... I doubt she even knew better.

**** THE RIAA!

[pandora_spocks]

Originally posted by JOHN LENNON LIVES
OT: Nice avatar.

Which one? The one where I have Samantha saying she's leaving Darrin for me?
That was a result of sheer boredom.

[dawsongirl]

Originally posted by AAOT
Well there are places where you can download songs for like 69 cents each... They don't have all the songs though...

I bought a few songs from www.buymusic.com

IT SUCKS! They d/l in .wma and my burner won't burn them.

[dawsongirl]

Originally posted by laceyinthesky
I'm personally vowing to not buy another cd. The RIAA and all of these already-filthy-f***ing-rich-and-bitching-musicians are pissing me off. I have all the cds I'll ever need anyway.

I'm with ya. If they think their sales are bad now...

[Brian]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ading_music_11

[Chad22]

Originally posted by BrooklynGuy78
Here is an article from today's Daily News:

SUED FOR A SONG
NYC 12-yr.-old among 261 citied as sharers
By Soni Sangha and Phyliss Furman

A shy Manhattan schoolgirl who gets a kick out of nursery songs and TV themes was among 261 people sued yesterday for downloading music from the internet.

Brianna LaHara, a curly-haired 12-year-old honor student who started seventh grade yesterday at St. Gregory the Great Catholic school on W. 90th St., couldn't believe she's one of the "major offenders" the music moguls are after.

"Oh, my god, what's going to happen now?" she asked after hearing of the suit. "My stomach is all in knots."

Told she may have to go to court, Brianna's eyes widened behind the wir-rimmed glasses and she said, "I'm just shocked that all of the people that do this, I'm on the list."

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) said the suits filed yesterday included about 60 that targeted suspects in New York who downloaded more than 1,000 songs

The group blames computer users such as Brianna, who use software programs to trade music with others on the internet, for a 30% drop in music sales.

Each person sued yesterday could be liable for fines up to $150,000 for each poached track.

'Appropriate action'

Experts had predicted a large number of the suits likely would name youngsters.

"Nobody likes playing the heavy and having to resort to litigation, but when your product is being regularly stolen, there comes a time when you have to take appropriate action," said Carey Sherman, president of the recording association.

Sherman warrned that the group may file thousands more lawsuits against people who use programs like Kazaa, Grokster, Gnutella, Blubster and iMesh.

Brianna's mother, Sylvia, 40, director of a nurse placement agency, said her daughter was helping her 9-year-old brother with his homework when the Daily News arrived at their apartment on W. 84th St. with word about the suit.

"For crying out loud, she's just a child," the mother said. "This isn't like those people who say, 'my son is a good boy,' and he's holding a bloody knife. All we did was use a service."

The mother said she signed up for Kazza, paying a $29.95 fee. "If you're paying for it, you're not stealing it, so what is this all about?" she asked.

She said Brianna downloaded music by Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey, along with the themes to television shows like "Family Matters" and "Full House" - and even the nursery song, "If You're Happy and You Know It."

"That's really threadening to the music industry," she scoffed.

"If this was something we profiting from, that's one thing. But we were just listening and sometimes dancing to the music," said the mother.

She vowed to get a lawyer to fight the suit, which she termed "ridiculous."

Kinda Pathetic when you have a big organization like that picking on a 12 year Old. Sounds Like A Bunch Of Bullys to me.

[Truth]

Originally posted by Brian
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ading_music_11

Wow lower then I thought

[PZelda]

Originally posted by Chad Doody
Kinda Pathetic when you have a big organization like that picking on a 12 year Old. Sounds Like A Bunch Of Bullys to me.

I totally agree. She's at the age where she is starting to catch on to stuff like this, and I very highly doubt she knew about the whole RIAA deal. I remember being 12 and not caring about the news, so I highly doubt she regularly watches the news. I remember I was around 12/13 when Napster came out (97/98), and I knew NOTHING about it. All I knew was that you traded music over Napster, that was it.

Besides, the songs she downloaded aren't exactly top-selling hits, either...

[PZelda]

Originally posted by Brian
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ading_music_11

[Truth]

Offers to pay the fine for the Girl...



http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5074227.html