So, did the RIAA score a victory? Or lose another battle in the PR war?

[griffin8r]

Originally Posted by RawAlex

They hit someone who was blatant and open, and really an open and shut case. 1.9MM for distribution without a license, not sharing. Sharing would be something she did with her sister. Distribution is what you do when you make something widely available all over the internet.

Sharing was the word they used.

I just think they'd get more sympathy from the general public if the defendant was someone with a couple hundred thousand songs on their drive, all out there and available.

I wonder if they picked this one in order to scare all the moms out there into staying on top of what their kids are downloading...