They won't take MoveOn.org's perfectly good money, but they WILL air shit like this:
YAHOO LINKLOS ANGELES - Downloading music online from rogue file-sharing networks got 14-year-old Annie Leith sued for thousands of dollars. Now it has landed her a leading spot on a national ad that will debut during the Super Bowl.
Leith and her 17-year-old sister downloaded 960 songs over a three-year period using the popular Kazaa program. But the free music binge got Leith ensnared in the legal dragnet cast by the Recording Industry Association of America (news - web sites) in September.
"We didn't know it was illegal," the New York City high school freshman said Friday.
The lawsuit was ultimately settled for $3,000. But Leith couldn't pass up a chance to appear in a nationally televised commercial that put a twist on her costly experience.
The ad promotes a digital music giveaway offer from Pepsi-Cola and Apple Computer Co.'s iTunes Music Store. Beginning Feb. 1, 100 million bottle caps on a variety of Pepsi soft drinks will include a code for a free song download on iTunes.
In the ad, Leith proudly says she was among hundreds of music fans sued for downloading songs without paying for them, then vows to continue doing so — on iTunes.
In the background, Green Day's version of "I Fought The Law (And The Law Won)," can be heard. Her sister and 14 other teens whom Pepsi identifies as recipients of copyright lawsuits for illegally downloading songs appear in the ad with Leith.
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