Soccer Mom Takes on Record Companies in P2P File-Sharing Case

The JournalNews.com reports:

Record companies have filed about 13,300 . . . federal lawsuits against Internet users across the country since September 2003. Nearly 3,000 of those lawsuits have been settled. The offending music traders have agreed to pay an average of $4,000 to $5,000 and promised not to illegally download copyrighted songs anymore.

None of the cases has gone to trial.

That may change. And it may change with a soccer mom who said she would rather pay a lawyer's fees than give in to what she calls intimidation tactics by the record companies to get her to settle.

Hat tip: Peer-to-Peer Weblog.