We’ve been following the story of Patricia Santangelo vs. the RIAA on tcal (previous posts here and here) and now p2pnet has an interview up with her.

p2pnet: You’ve already had Pay Us Or Else threats leveled at you. If you lose this case, you could end up facing a lot more than $7,500. What’s your reaction to that?

Santangelo: Right now I’m surviving on pure faith that these cases against random IP addresses are wrong and that’s all I can think about right now.

p2pnet: If you triumph, and we’re sure you will, the Big Four record labels will be in an extremely dangerous position. Their entire terror campaign will collapse around their ears. They’ve already abandoned several cases for various reasons. Suppose they decide it’s not worth risking that you’ll win and they decide to drop their charges against you? What then?

Santangelo: Honestly, that would be a relief. But it solves nothing if they can continue doing the same thing to other people like me. I didn’t know I was the first person to take it this far. Since hiring Mr Beckerman I’ve learned a lot, and realize that this isn’t just about my case: it’s about the legal rights of all the people who are being unfairly sued.

p2pnet: Assuming your case ends up in court, how far are you willing to go?

Santangelo: I’m willing to take it as far as I have to to prevent other innocent people being dragged into frivolous lawsuits. It’s wrong.

P2pnet also did an interview with Ray Beckerman, her lawyer. (via.)