Nettwerk Music Group, based in Vancouver, has joined forces with a Texas family after an American recording organization launched a lawsuit against the family for illegally downloading songs.
Nettwerk, Canada's largest private record label, has offered to pay for the Greubel family’s legal fees and any fines they might incur because of a lawsuit brought by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). . . .
. . . Nettwerk has hired Chicago lawyer Charles Lee Mudd Jr., who has defended more than 1,000 people against the RIAA since the organization started filing lawsuits in 2003. Mudd admits most of his clients settle because they can’t continue paying legal costs.
“I believe the RIAA’s approach is wrong,” Mudd told MTV.com. “I think they’re misusing the copyright laws, which were designed to be used more as shield than sword. . . ."
