considered putting a non-for-profit group together of lawyers and professionals to take them to court?
That seems like a easy solution to sway the clueless RIAA.
The best way to beat RIAA? Counter sue for the amount they have got from all the lawsuits! That would make RIAA cry knowing they lost the same amount of money they thought they won in ONE suit. lol
There's no way everyone settled on a cash payout. I'm betting the RIAA offers a last ditch settlement for those cases that may go to court. Pretty much it states they'll drop the lawsuit if you sign a document saying never to trade copyrighted files again, and a non-disclosure agreement so others can't find out about the settlement.
The last thing the RIAA wants is one of these cases to go to court. If they should happen to lose, they'd be f**ked.