The RIAA, in a stunning press conference, announced that it will be launching a new initiative targeting fetuses.

On the heels of launching another initiative against colleges and universities, the RIAA announced that it will offer a similar deal to the fetus and its family. Thousands of pre-litigation settlement letters are being sent out to hospitals. The family can then settle with the RIAA with a pre-court discount.

“Kids no longer get music like they used to,” said an RIAA spokesperson. “We want to send the right message to families early and encourage them to enjoy the music legally. Our pre-litigation settlement letters are offered as a benefit to the fetus and its family to allow them to settle claims early, at a substantially discounted sum and off the public record. What family wants its baby coming into this world with a criminal record?”

“We’ve already caught one fetus downloading, sharing, and listening to music, that she does not have the rights to, on an iPod Nano in the mother’s womb. Do you realize how many cd sales we will lose if fetuses across the world were to continue these illegal actions? We can’t afford that to happen. If the hospitals won’t release the names of families with newborns on the way, then we’ll take action against that hospital and have them shut down. We aren’t trying to be nasty, but we have to protect the artist’s rights.”

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