RIAA Drops Tanya Andersen Case

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "After 2 years, the RIAA has finally dropped its longstanding case against disabled single mother Tanya Andersen in Oregon, Atlantic v. Andersen. The dismissal (pdf) relates merely to the RIAA's claims against Ms. Andersen, and does not relate to her (a) claim for attorneys fees or (b) counterclaims against the RIAA, which are presently before the Court on a motion to dismiss. The counterclaims were first interposed in December 2005. This is the same case in which the RIAA insisted on taking a face to face deposition of a 10 year old girl. Prior to the case, neither the mother nor the child had ever even heard of file sharing."

Comments

two years

[uolamer]

two years to drop a case that should have never been filed to start with. The civil court system in the US really needs an update.. maybe vista?

Re:two years

[Cerberus7]

Nah, then it would take 4 years but the paperwork would be _REALLY_ colourful!

how the RIAA beat me

[Anonymous Coward]

The most effective tactic they used to make me stop pirating music was to produce music that wasn't worth listening to.

Re:how the RIAA beat me

[Ilex]

The most effective tactic they used to make me stop pirating music was to produce music that wasn't worth listening to.

Sshh thats their new DRM tm. Make the music sound so intolerable that no one will want to listen to it hence no will download it much less share it.

Of course to safeguard their profits they'll just buy legislation which will tax the production of music. Anyone found accidentally bashing a stick against another object will have to pay the RIAA royalty tax.

Unfortunately that will also include bashing A clue stick against hollow objects like the heads of Industry executives. It looks like they've finally found their uncrackable DRM system.

Re:how the RIAA beat me

[Mattintosh]

blah blah blah... heads of Industry executives... blah blah blah... uncrackable...

Not likely. Let's bash some heads.

Re:Obligatory

[theTrueMikeBrown]

you forgot to welcome our ten year old prate girl overlords!

The Trifecta!

[Himring]

Harrassing a handicapped mother, her child and disrupting the child's education (by wanting to depose during school hours). Congo rats RIAA! You've pulled the trifecta!...

Seriously, the devil is going to be in serious need of something to do the way these fookers are going. I think even he sits back, looks at these cases and says, "dayum...."

People vs. The Child

[packetmon]

RIAA Attorney: Did you know that by downloading music you were doing something illegal?
Little Girl: wots eleegul?
RIAA Attorney: Don't play dumb missy. I'll ask again. So when you download Bratney Spears did you think you were doing something wrong?
Little Girl: I love my Bratney neener neener
RIAA Attorney: ANSWER THE QUESTION
Little Girl: *sobs*
RIAA Attorney: DID YOU KNOW THAT BY SHARING MUSIC YOU HEAR FOR FREE ON THE RADIO YOU WERE DOING SOMETHING WRONG
RIAA Attorney: DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU COULD GO TO JAIL FOR A VERY LONG TIME
Little Girl: DID YOU KNOW THAT AL CAPONE DIED IN JAIL
Girl's Attorney: OBJECTION YOUR HONOR
Little Girl: *sobbing
RIAA Attorney: FINE YOUR HONOR (looks at little girl) YOU'RE GOING AWAY FOR A LONG TIME MISSY
RIAA trolls/employees: This guy is good!

Re:People vs. The Child

[kharchenko]

Little Girl: DID YOU KNOW THAT AL CAPONE DIED IN JAIL
Man, I thought the little girl was going to open up a can of whoopass after such a good start :)

Re:poor girl

[clickclickdrone]

>Isn't the girl suffering enough from having a boy's name?
You mean you people call kids Chad? I thought Randy was bad enough and don't get me started on Randy Vanwarmer or whatever his name was (70's singer).

Re:Yes, but did she steal songs?

[Paradise Pete]

Yes, but did she steal songs?

I don't think there were any missing.