Her parents told her to stop downloading music on the computer, but Kristina Foley didn’t listen.
Now, hundreds of downloads later, the music industry is suing her for thousands of dollars. Her lawyer’s bill is $1,000 and climbing, and 20-year-old Foley, the area’s first accused music pirate, is wondering how she’s going to pay for it all.
“I really don’t have any idea how. My parents won’t help me. My mom says it’s all my fault because she warned me about downloading a year ago,” said Foley, a 2003 Portage Central graduate now attending Michigan State University.
“I didn’t really take it seriously, because, like, what are the chances … that I’m going to get nailed for this?” she said.
In the 15 months since the Recording Industry Association of America declared legal warfare against downloaders, some 7,000 people have been targeted. Among them are Foley and two other local residents who have been identified and sued.
Kasey Perkins, 30, of Kalamazoo, and Courtney Helvey, a 21-year-old Western Michigan University student, also face federal lawsuits.
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