RIAA Will Finally Face the Music In Court

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."'"

Comments

Re:I'm bored out of my mind...

[calebt3]

Basements will do that to you unless you have Internet.

Still controlling media distribution?

[Svartalf]

Heh...

You keep using that word, I don't think it means what YOU think it means...

Considering that CDBaby, PayPlay, and a host of others provide me with the media I really care about- and they're NOT RIAA or MPAA affiliated...

They control the Pop Culture media distribution. There's a reason why they're "losing" money- and it has NOTHING to do with them
being ripped off by infringers. It's because their stuff's mostly crap these days and there's other performers making a decent living
of things WITHOUT them.

Opt out of their lose-lose game they've been playing for decades now. The more that do, the merrier, as far as I'm concerned.

Re:If She Doesn't Settle

[Phishcast]

I think you meant "Lest we forget". You were modded up anyhow so I guess bringing it up is a moo point.

Re:If She Doesn't Settle

[Mix Master Nixon]

Is Justice Alito complacent for his role in any laws that may have been broken by the Bush administration purging thousands of emails by being a Bush appointee?

No, but everyone on who was sitting on that damned court when they effectively appointed Bush President in the first place certainly ought to be considered responsible for enabling his crimes. Thanks again for that, assholes.