A 16 year old is being sued by the RIAA. It’s been a while since I last heard of those happening. The notable thing here is that he’s not settling. The charges claim that he downloaded music illegally when he was 11 years old. Not sure what the hold up was with the RIAA. They must’ve been busy overhyping Justin Timberlakes Futuresex album. The following abstract from the original USA Today article elaborates on the details of the defense claims.

…he never sent copyrighted music to others, that the recording companies promoted file sharing before turning against it, that average computer users were never warned that it was illegal, that the statute of limitations has passed, and that all the music claimed to have been downloaded was actually owned by his sister on store-bought CDs.

Not sure that’ll hold up against the big bad RIAA lawyers but I’m personally hoping so. Win one for the team little guy.

[Via USA Today]