Teenager countersues RIAA

Feb 06, 2007 11:59

RIAA colluding with competitors, says teen in suit
Robert Santangelo also claims that the record companies, which have filed more than 18,000 piracy lawsuits in federal courts, "have engaged in a wide-ranging conspiracy to defraud the courts of the United States."

The papers allege that the companies, "ostensibly competitors in the recording industry, are a cartel acting collusively in violation of the antitrust laws and public policy" by bringing the piracy cases jointly and using the same agency "to make extortionate threats ... to force defendants to pay."

Well, at least he's honest!

politics, riaa, rights: privacy, rights: civil rights, dmca, internet

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