Well, the case is not really over, but the transcript is pretty great. My favorite passage is this one:
MS. SANTANGELO: I realized when I looked at this that the downloads, I guess they call it Exhibit B, the screen name that this Kazaa was under doesn't belong to anyone in my family. And that's most likely why I was never notified by AOL or any of my -- the companies that I have online service with that my children had downloaded anything. Apparently, it belongs to a friend of my son, who is now 14.THE COURT: I see.
MS. SANTANGELO: And I didn't know about it. And I really don't know where to go from here. And so I'm a little dumbfounded by the whole thing.
THE COURT: Yes, I know. I keep saying I live in -- although I've read the riot act to my own kids a hundred times --
MS. SANTANGELO: Oh, yeah, now I have.
THE COURT: -- I live in perpetual fear that something I don't know my kids are doing is going to come back and bite me in the butt. And the difference between you and me, Ms. Santangelo, if it happens to me, it will be in the headlines of the New York Post.
MS. SANTANGELO: That's true.
THE COURT: Right. So, anyway, you have my sympathy. I mean, I can look at this list and I can look at you and I can see that you weren't the person who downloaded these pieces.
MS. SANTANGELO: Right.
THE COURT: Right. So, okay.
The judge goes on to say "I think it would be a really good idea for you to get a lawyer, because I would love to see a mom fighting one of these." And then harangues the RIAA lawyer for trying to pressure her into a settlement. Go Judge Colleen McMahon!
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