Last week, the RIAA announced that they were taking a different route with college students who they accuse of downloading songs via P2P networks illegally. Instead of filing lawsuits and taking them to court right away, they were giving them a different option. The RIAA set up a website where students could go to settle their case by paying a fine.
The one thing that was left out of that announcement was how much the fine would actually be. That question has been answered as 50 students from Ohio University are being told to pay $3,000 or else face a lawsuit.
So with that, are the students better of settling and forking out $3,000, or should they fight it in court?
Option three: counter-sue for extortion, then start anti-trust suit.
agreed
I think most of the students will just pay the fine out of fear, but some of them might be brave enough to stand up to the RIAA. The RIAA probably had to find some other way to make money because going through the lawsuit process was probably getting too time consuming.
RIAA has lost multiple lawsuits in 2006, they’re just afraid to lose again.
I say take them to court. Turn the tables. It’s about time someone bullies them.