Proving yet again that corporate America can never stoop too low to protect its moneyed interests, the Recording Industry Association of America has sued 12-year-old Brianna LaHara for downloading and sharing songs via the Internet. Yeah, those pre-teens are a devious bunch out to destroy the very foundations of capitalism as we know it. We all know that the music industry's woes have everything to do with kids downloading free songs and nothing to do with the studios spending the past several years putting all their money behind pre-packaged, flash-in-the-pan teen acts with little hope of any staying power (raise your hand if you remember 98 Degrees) rather than developing acts with actual talent and originality. But I digress. And take heart; the RIAA isn't the kind of cold, heartless organization that would drag a 12-year-old through a long, costly trial. Instead, they settled with Ms. LaHara for $2000, proving they're the kind of cold, heartless organization that prefers to make a quick buck any way they can. Ah, it warms the cockles of my heart to know the good old American value of corporate greed can still be practiced freely.