
Another lawsuit involved Brianna LaHara, a 12-year-old who was
accused of sharing pirated music, thereby costing the recording
industry millions. Brianna, who paid $29.95 to access file-sharing net-
work Kazaa was convinced the service was legal. “I thought it was OK
to download music because my mom paid a service fee for it. Out of
all people, why did they pick me?” said Brianna.
File-sharing networks are simply too hard to shut down.There are
too many of them and they are too popular with the youth today. Suing
users is the only method for attacking the service.
Many of my friends spend countless hours searching various file-
sharing networks for ne ...