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."

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Re:The Trifecta!

[canajin56]

The RIAA had nothing to do with this case. It was Atlantic V. Andersen. Atlantic Records, a wholly owned subsidiary of Time-Warner-AOL sued her. The RIAA is what The Media, (tm) also a wholly owned subsidiary of Time-Warner-AOL, report as doing the suing because saying "We are suing her" makes them look bad. So remember, Atlantic Records, Time-Warner-AOL. They are the ones suing, not the RIAA. The RIAA is the organization they belong to that recommends investigators to track down offenders but takes no real actions on its own, being only an organization the ACTUAL media corporations belong to. Ahmet Ertegün was the founding chairman of Atlantic until he died December 2006, so I guess blame the lawsuit on the dead guy? Certainly don't stop buying Atlantic albums like Led Zepplin, Cher, Charles Mingus, Coltraine, AC/DC, Bush, Ray Charles, Death Cab for Cutie, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis, Jennifer Love Hewitt, King Crimson, Lil' Kim, matchbox twenty, The Rolling Stones (Some), Sugar Ray, or Velvet Underground, to name a very very few ;) Because remember, its not THEIR fault, right? Its somehow the RIAA who had nothing to do with anything?