You RIAA Gotta Hold on Me

Why I hate RIAA. The gist of it:

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Gertrude Walton was recently targeted by the recording industry in a lawsuit that accused her of illegally trading music over the Internet. But Walton died in December after a long illness, and according to her daughter, the 83-year-old hated computers.

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A Recording Industry Association of America spokesman said Thursday that Walton was likely not the smittenedkitten it is searching for.

"Our evidence gathering and our subsequent legal actions all were initiated weeks and even months ago," said RIAA spokesman Jonathan Lamy. "We will now, of course, obviously dismiss this case."

Hmmm...being in Civ Pro and all this got me thinking (for once), what if it had been another innocent Walton dragged into court, but this one could not produce a government issued document to prove her innnocence? It's worth thinking about because, speaking only for myself, I have the sense that whenever there is a discussion of making it more difficult to file lawsuits the concern always shifts to the innocent plaintiff wronged by Mega Corp. This means we tend to forget the innocent defendant hauled into court by the oligarchy of Mega Corps. A bit of availability heuristic at work I detect?