Also, it should be made clear that donations are solely for the purpose of a defence fund. They should go on to state that should any settlement be reached, all donations will be refunded immediately.

I’m sure I’m not the only one who remembers the donation drive over at Loki, who subsequently used the money to settle out of court.

Like many, I suppose, one of the reasons I have not yet donated is because of precisely this concern that my hard earned cash will ultimately end up in the pockets of the RIAA as part of a settlement or a court award in the event of defeat.

I call upon the “Fight Goliath Campaign” to categorically state this will not be the case, and to openly publish a binding statement to this effect, and offer a guarantee of a refund to all donators if a settlement is reached that requires a payment to the RIAA or their agents.

Keep up the good work and let’s try to reach $100,000!

http://www.p2pnet.net/goliath/ says “…we’re working on a snail-mail address.” I believe this would be for the general anti-RIAA fund, which may go either to her or to someone else in similar difficulties, if her case ends up getting settled somehow.

http://p2pnet.net/story/7432 has a snail-mail address at the bottom for Ms. Santangelo herself — which does seem like a perfectly good place to send a donation at this point. Future legal expenses aside, it seems important to make sure she’ll at least break even on the $24,000 she’s spent already…

My intentions are to help her with her plight and to promote progress towards a better solution.

You can find the video here….

http://www.ryanismy.name

1. She has kids and has to think about how she can contribute to leave them a better country.

2. She will win her case in both courts: federal and public opinion. In the latter she has already won by a wide margin.

3. No jury will side with the cartels and against the victim of an extorsion.

4. If she wanted to settle, she would have done it before spending 20 or so grands.

6. She is no coward.

7. She just my become a historic figure, at least in the music business and who knows where else.

8. She can make money off her book and movie rights.

Keep in mind, the powers that be want you to feel powerless. By yourself you don’t have much power. As a united group WE THE PEOPLE hold just about all the marbles. So, PUT UP OR SHUT UP, or perhaps it would be better to just lay down and let the music biz walk all over us?

I’m pretty sure the settelment option was withdrawn when she chose to take the case to court.