Re:The RIAA sucks (Score 1)

Was it illegal? I'd like to point out that a settlement is not the same as an actual adjudication. If a judge or jury had in fact found this child, as well as others, had in fact violated the copyright act, then an act of illegality would have been proven, assuming such a verdict would survive through appeals. No, a settlement is simply an agreement to pay a diminished sum of money in order to avoid going to trial. Actually, the fact that the RIAA is so eager to settle these suits, tells me that they are not certain they would be able to win their claim in court. I think this spate of activity of the RIAA has another motive entirely. I believe it possible that the RIAA is seeking to damage, if not outright destroy a viably alternative route that independent artists could use to release their music, thus sidestepping the RIAA and the 'old school' music industry.