John Paladuk, a retired railroad employee whose left side was completely paralyzed by a stroke last year and uses the resulting disability check as his sole means of income, is being sued by the RIAA for copyright infringement. Also, he lived in Florida during the time period the RIAA is accusing him of engaging in nefarious acts of piracy. In Michigan.
Way to go, guys. We have to hand it to you—every time we think you can’t go any lower or give us fresh reasons to hate you, you go exceed all of our expectations. Who’s next, an aborted fetus? Thanks for adding more fuel to the boycott fire each and every day, we appreciate it. Though you really could just stop, we’d appreciate that too.
https://gizmodo.com/yet-another-reason-to-boycott-the-riaa-241376
Warner Music sues paralyzed stroke victim [Boing Boing]
RIAA Boycott [Gizmodo]