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Class Action Initiated Against RIAA

Posted by kdawson on from the bandwagon-starting-to-roll dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Ever since the RIAA's litigation campaign began in 2003, many people have been suggesting a class action against the RIAA. Tanya Andersen, in Oregon, has taken them up on it. The RIAA's case against this disabled single mother, Atlantic v. Andersen, has received attention in the past, for her counterclaims against the RIAA including claims under Oregon's RICO statute, the RIAA's hounding of her young daughter for a face-to-face deposition, the RIAA's eventual dropping of the case 'with prejudice,' and her lawsuit against the RIAA for malicious prosecution, captioned Andersen v. Atlantic. Now she's turned that lawsuit into a class action. The amended complaint seeking class action status (PDF) sues for negligence, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, federal and state RICO, abuse of process, malicious prosecution, intentional infliction of emotional distress, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, trespass, invasion of privacy, libel and slander, deceptive business practices, misuse of copyright law, and civil conspiracy."

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  1. About time someone did this by dhanav · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Now is the time for all those who complained about RIAA to join in and take this to a good conclusion.

  2. Overhyped by MajinBlayze · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This seems a bit overhyped to me. Yes, I want the RIAA to go away, I want the RIAA to stop using brutal tactics, however, they do have the legal right to prosecute people illegally distributing their IP.

    Please note that this is specifically for those wrongfully accused. The best we can see from this is getting the RIAA to calm down (a good end no doubt).

    For those who are wondering, this will not be the death knell for DRM and the RIAA.
    -1 flamebait +1 UnfortunatelyTrue

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  3. Re:So, Mr. NewYorkCountryLawyer, by WPIDalamar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    $10 says the lawyers are the only winners.

  4. Re:I disagree. by mini+me · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It is really sad to see society so blatantly breaking the law without any care about the ramifications.


    If society as a whole continually and blatantly breaks a law, the law is unjust. The ramifications are not to be taken into consideration, society has already spoken and are willing to accept the consequences of their actions. What is really sad are the people who are trying to hold on to the last grasp of something that society is not willing to accept any longer.