RIAA settles for $7,000 after 4 years pursuing NY mum
Found on The Register on Tuesday, 28 April 2009
The recording industry has accepted a paltry $7,000 to settle a long-running federal music piracy lawsuit it brought against a family in New York four years ago.
"We are pleased to have reached an agreement with the Santangelos," Cara Duckworth, a spokeswoman for the RIAA, told AP. She declined to comment on how much the organisation had spent to secure the $7,000 settlement.
"We don't break out costs per case, and it's not a question of it being 'worth it' or a 'victory'," she said.
So they paid. A lot. Otherwise the RIAA would have sent tons of press releases out hailing their victory. But everybody knows that running a lawsuit for four years costs way more than $7,000, so they prefer not to talk about this too much. However, this lawsuit will play another role: the expenses will be added to the "losses due to piracy" tab and act as an argument for a more insane legislation.