Teen Accuses Record Companies of Collusion

A 16-year-old boy being sued by five record companies accusing him of online music piracy accused the recording industry on Tuesday of violating antitrust laws, conspiring to defraud the courts and making extortionate threats. In papers responding to the record companies’ lawsuit, Robert Santangelo, who was as young as 11 when the alleged piracy occurred, denied ever disseminating music and said it’s impossible to prove that he did.

Can someone possibly read this and not grin ear to ear? Well, besides the RIAA of course. I don’t personally know of a single person who is on the RIAAs side, so I really hope to see this kid succeed and show those greedy corporate hounds where they can go.

Source: Associated Press