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RIAA Takes Lunch Money from 12 Year Old By Mike Darrah <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Published September 10, 2003 @ 12:17 AM The RIAA has announced that it has reached a settlement with 12-year-old Brianna Torres for $2000. In addition to the fines the RIAA forced her mother to confess of her daughter's immoral file sharing sins publicly. The fine is estimated to around 1,000 days worth of lunch money for Brianna (estimating they are $2 each). "We understand now that file-sharing the music was illegal, You can be sure Brianna won't be doing it anymore." Sylvia Torres (mother of Brianna) was quoted as saying in an official statement distributed by the RIAA. Brianna (an honor student living in a housing project on the upper west side of NY) was quoted as saying "I am sorry for what I have done. I love music and don't want to hurt the artists I love." Brianna was under the understanding that because she paid money to obtain the software she then used to search her favorite file sharing network, she was legally obtaining music. Apparently, the RIAA feels strongly enough that Brianna has done wrong they had to issue a lawsuit against the child for trying to listen to her favorite musicians on-line while in the safety of her own home. The RIAA hopes that this and several hundred other pending lawsuits will discourage further file sharing activity and spur what they feel are sluggish CD sales. We remain suspect
