… out of a hospitalised teenage girl whose mother makes $8.25 an hour. What was her crime? Sharing 10 songs.
Sauro, who lives in Ross Township, is disabled with pancreatitis. She needs an islet cell transplant and is hospitalized weekly.
Because she didn’t defend herself against a copyright lawsuit, a federal judge in Pittsburgh ruled she’s a music pirate, and that could cost the Sauros almost $8,000 in fines.
“I already have severe depression. I mean, it’s so hard to sit there and think that I have to get in trouble for something that I didn’t do. It’s not fair,” Sauro said.
Sauro and her mother, Lisa, are being sued for the fines because they didn’t challenge a music industry lawsuit in Pittsburgh federal court.
The lawsuit accuses Ciara Sauro of illegally sharing 10 songs online with strangers through free Internet software.”
You want to know the truth? I make $8.25 an hour. She can’t work. This child is very sick. I mean, what am I supposed to do?” Lisa Sauro said.
I’m not saying the law should be applied differently because of Ciara’s situation. I’m saying copyright is bad law.
