RIAA Sinks To New Low

In what can only be best described as one of the scummiest things the Recording Industry Association of Artists (RIAA) has done to date in their effort to curb P2P filesharing, the group that enforces copy protection for musicians has filed a lawsuit against an 83 year old Grandmother who died in December.
The RIAA has alledged in court papers filed in West Virginia that Gertrude Walton, who went by the user name "smittenedkitten", shared over 700 rock, pop and hip hop songs over Kazaa.
The problem of course is that Walton died over a month ago after battling a lengthy illness and her daughter Robin Chianumba, who lived with her grandmother for 17 years, told the Charleston Gazette that Walton did not even own a computer and definitely did not file share over Kazaa.
"I don't know if this is a scheme to get money, I just don't know what's going on. I am concerned, said Chianumba. "I am pretty sure she is not going to leave Greenwood Memorial Park to attend the hearing."
For it's part the RIAA has acknowledged it had made a grievous error, and intends to drop the lawsuit against Walton.
"Our evidence gathering and our subsequent legal actions all were initiated weeks and even months ago," said RIAA spokesman Jonathan Lamy of the mix-up. "We will now, of course, obviously dismiss this case."
But the withdrawn lawsuit and makeshift apology still leaves a bad taste in the mouth of Chianumba. "I believe that if music are going to set examples they need to do it to appropriate people and not dead people".

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