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RIAA Will Finally Face the Music In Court

Posted by kdawson on from the discovery-channel dept.

Falstaff writes "Exonerated RIAA defendant Tanya Andersen is expected to refile her malicious prosecution lawsuit against the RIAA today. The refiling will mark a significant watershed in the RIAA's fight against P2P users because for the first time, the group's tactics, secret agreements, and fee splitting with MediaSentry are likely to come to light, thanks to discovery. Andersen's attorney says he'll be 'digging into agreements between the RIAA, RIAA member companies, MediaSentry, and the Settlement Support Sentry. Part of that will involve looking at compensation, like how much MediaSentry gets from each settlement. "I'd love to know what kind of bounty MediaSentry got paid to supply erroneous identities to the RIAA," Lybeck says.' The judge has barred further motions to dismiss the complaint, which means the RIAA will have to face the music. 'Unlike the thousands of lawsuits filed so far, the RIAA does not have the luxury of walking away from this case if there's a real chance of embarrassing information being released. "Once discovery happens in the cases the RIAA brings, they run," Lybeck says. "This is our case now, and they can't run."'"

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  1. I found the "???" by iknownuttin · · Score: 5, Funny
    Lybeck tells Ars that he'll be digging into agreements between the RIAA, RIAA member companies, MediaSentry, and the Settlement Support Sentry. Part of that will involve looking at compensation, like how much MediaSentry gets from each settlement. "I'd love to know what kind of bounty MediaSentry got paid to supply erroneous identities to the RIAA," Lybeck says.

    I see...

    1. Get contract to find copyright violators.

    2. The "???" is: Just grab folks that may look guilty.

    3. Profit!

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  2. RIAA Karma by imstanny · · Score: 5, Funny
    RIAA's current Karma: Troll.

    Judge Says: Overrated.

  3. Facing the Music by auroran · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd love to see the RIAA face their own music.
    That alone should be suitable punishment for the stuff that they've tried to inflict on the general public. :)

  4. Re:Face the music by robinsonne · · Score: 5, Funny

    Have you listened to some of the crap they're selling these days? Just imagine being trapped in a room with some of that playing non-stop.

    I'm not afraid!

    You will be. You will be.

  5. They'll be facing the music? by JK_the_Slacker · · Score: 5, Funny

    PLEASE tell me it's William Hung!

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  6. Re:Face the music by moderatorrater · · Score: 5, Funny

    And the court has to pay licensing fees to use that music. But still, it should be awesome.

  7. Re:If She Doesn't Settle by Plutonite · · Score: 5, Funny

    My girlfriend.. Heh, I almost read the rest of your post. Nice try there ;)