This is a shorter article dealing with how senseless and how much of a one-track (pardon the pun) mind the RIAA has, not even caring that the dear defendant departed!  Now they are still pursuing the case with the man's children:

It's been quite clear for some time that no one at the RIAA ever bothers to think about the PR impact of their moves, but isn't there someone there who thought that perhaps this was a case that they could let go of?

With the case allegedly only to be worth a few thousand dollars,  the average citizen could not afford to file a lawsuit for--but the much-beloved RIAA demonstrates by its actions that "frivolousness" isn't a word it recognizes and at least with this specific example, raises such ridiculousness to a macabre art form!  If I remember correctly, in China if someone even brings a legitmate case to court, the plaintiff MUST win, or the plaintiff has to pay ALL legal costs on both sides AND the court costs.  I have certainly never heard of any case in the U.S. continuing after the death of the defendant, and there must be laws to prevent his children from being sued.  That aside, common sense dictates a few thousand dollars isn't sufficient for a case, as (for example), lawyers quote that to "prepare a defense for sexual harassment" costs $25,000.  Sounds as if someone managed to hit the RIAA with a 2 x 4 that the impact would break the board, and the RIAA would be none the wiser to what happened.

Source: Techdirt