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File-Sharers Fight Back, Apple Mulls Subscriptions, China Cracks Down |
Since the RIAA and record companies began their campaign of suing college students, grandmothers, children, single moms and anyone else who might have shared a song over peer-to-peer networks, most people on the receiving end of the lawsuits have meekly agreed to pay settlements amounting to far less than the RIAA warned they could be sued for. A handful have fought back, though. One was single mother Jammie Thomas, who lost and is now looking at a lifetime of bankruptcy as punishment for stealing 24 pop songs. Another, Tanya Andersen, was more fortunate -- the case against her was dismissed.
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