May 05, 2004

Should Grandma pony up $3,500 to RIAA for grandson's dl'ing?

heraldtribune.com reports that a grandmother's AOL account information was subpoenaed by the RIAA, whose lawyer Jonathan Whitehead said she infringed about 500 copyrighted recordings. Her 16-year-old grandson downloaded songs using Kazaa, as part of a school project, which she subsequently erased. "I had to make the sound track to 'Romeo and Juliet'," he said. "Really, I'm not the only one doing it. Everyone at my school is doing it, they just haven't gotten caught."
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