Teen Accuses Record Companies of Collusion

evilned1 writes "A 16-year-old boy being sued by five record companies accusing him of online music piracy, accused the recording industry on Tuesday of violating antitrust laws, conspiring to defraud the courts and making extortionate threats."

Ok...

[TheRealFixer]

The record industry has suffered enormously due to piracy. That includes thousands of layoffs. We must protect our rights. Nothing in a filing full of recycled charges that have gone nowhere in the past changes that fact.

Uh... yeah, no kidding. I thought the RIAA's past legal failures should have already taught them that. Oh, wait... were they talking about the kid's charges?

Re:Magic money tree ?

[thrillseeker]

If the recording industry is hurting soo badly, where the hell are they getting the money for all theese lawsuits & lawyers ?

Dumping their SCOX?

Re:This puts a grin on my face.

[aichpvee]

Maybe I'll donate to a dictionary since they educate people on the definition of "imply".

Re:Oh Yeah?

[tomstdenis]

This is /. dude. Logical discussions need not apply.

Anyways, the kid isn't a hero. At best he's a victim, at worst he's a squirming copyright infringer. Big deal.

Combine that with the fact that many /. readers live outside the USA and you can see how not-upset we are over the RIAA [an american institution] acting like shites.

Re:Yay!

[jkauzlar]

All but two [wikipedia.org] stores in the popular Tower Records chain just went out of business. They still have online sales, but I'm sure there's a lot of retail employees that lost their jobs.

Obviously, their mistake is in not raising prices to cover their losses. Maybe if they raised their prices high enough all the illegal downloaders would realize what a mistake they've made and start buying their music.

Re:in other shocking news...

[budgenator]

try wigging, out quitting that job flipping burgers for a real one, move out of your mother's basement, and find girlfriend that can walk through a magnetometer with out getting strip searched :)

Re:God bless this little thief

[iminplaya]

We are talking about what he *is*...

Then we had better find out what *is* is.

Here's why this is funny...

[merc]

This is exactly the kind of thing a 15-year-old kid would boast to his friends about... "Hey, if these fuckers came after me, why, I'd counter-sue their ass for defamation and slander, and .. and libel!". Except he's actually doing it. Yeah! That's funny! (you can +5 me funny and stuff for pointing that out!)

*blinks*

Re:Its was about time, but the sad fact is

[StikyPad]

It encourages and enboldens others

I believe the word you were looking for is embiggens.

Re:Yay!

[amRadioHed]

That is correct sir. Somehow my problem is finding too much good music to buy. And I do miss my local Tower. Online stores are nice but simply can't beat a brick & mortar store with knowledgeable staff and a good selection.

Re:This puts a grin on my face.

[metlin]

...and civilization vanishes in a puff of logic? :)

Re:This puts a grin on my face.

[Anonymous Coward]

Apply directly to the forehead!

What now?

[d0sb00t]

-RIAA, order of events-

*RIAA finds downloaded music*
RIAA - "let's go sue the mother"
*RIAA looses case*
RIAA - "let's go sue the kids!"
*RIAA eventually looses this case as well*
RIAA - "hmmm... who are we going to sue next?.. Hey! They have a cat!"

Good thing they didn't have a baby...