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Lawsuit Against RIAA Tries To Stop Them All

Posted by Zonk on from the like-the-one-ring-but-a-lawsuit dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Tanya Anderson has filed an amended complaint against the RIAA. One of the more interesting provisions in it is in the 18th claim, which seeks to stop the RIAA from 'continuing to engage in criminal investigation of private American citizens', no doubt referring to the unlicensed MediaSentry investigations. If granted, that could shut down the RIAA lawsuits entirely. Naturally, the RIAA doesn't like this at all. First, they got the judge to agree that the original complaint was too light on the details, so it was amended. Now the RIAA complains that it's too long, because it's 108 pages filled with the RIAA's dirty laundry. You may remember this as the countersuit to the lawsuit where RIAA lawyers tried to grill a 10-year-old girl, only later to drop their case for lack of evidence and have the mother sue them for malicious prosecution."

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  1. Doubt that's even possible. by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Interesting

    seeks to stop the RIAA from 'continuing to engage in criminal investigation of private American citizens. Like it or not, there's probably a few Constitutional considerations here. Although, what they should be doing is suing in individual states, where it's usually illegal to practice private criminal investigations without a license.
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  2. damn right. by apodyopsis · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Hope this is not an Aprils Fool, its about time somebody tried to roast those fuckers.

    And I right that this is one of those situations that she was one of the few people who had a chance of doing this as she already had them in court and could add it in as an amendment?

    If Joe Public tried this they would probably be able to block it before they got to court, no?

    I just love the irony that they originally tried to block the complaint because it was not detailed enough, and that backfired when it came back as 100+ pages of **AA damming dirty laundry in their faces. Heh Heh.

  3. I hope the countersuits hold water by thogard · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I run a web site that provides free hosting to bands that I think have a clue and my site has been banned by many universities because of the RIAA which has resulted in the bands not getting gigs in the US and other countries. From my point of view, the RIAA's actions are purely to prevent additional competition.