Sorry to disagree with your assertion as to the width of the net the RIAA cast in those years, Sandra, but that law firm paid out 7 figures to keep it quiet. It was the largest law firm in my state, and as such any sort of doubt as to their character would have been quite damaging. So they paid the amount of the extortion and moved on.

I never saw a cent, by the way, for the handful of songs under my copyright, a total of 23, stored on my drive.

I sent a letter directly to Hillary Rosen asking that the RIAA disbursement logs be made public (As well as demanding payment for my 23 songs that were on that server, though I am sure it would not have even been enough to buy a Snickers bar from the vending machine) so we could see all the "good" the RIAA was doing. She declined to reply. It is only right that the artists see all the good work the RIAA was doing on their behalf. I was particularly interested in seeing settlement data from the elderly people who know nothing about computers yet were taken to task for the actions of their grandchildren.

My best guess in the case of that law firm is that one particular former employee who was terminated about 4 months prior, and escorted from the building in handcuffs by security amid a fit of violent rage, was looking for any way possible to cause damage to the firm and reported the server, as benign as it was.

Again, I hate bureaucracy in any form.

I also see that this is your first post, and typically people who come here and make one post this acerbic are trolls, though it's been fun, and thanks for playing!!

Last edited by eddie1261; 11/18/18 12:02 PM.
I am using the new 1040XTRAEZ form this year. It has just 2 lines.

1. How much did you make in 2023?
2. Send it to us.