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RIAA Pays Tanya Andersen $107,951

Posted by kdawson on from the grinding-gears-as-it-goes-into-reverse dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Well, Phase I of the RIAA's misguided pursuit of an innocent, disabled Oregon woman, Atlantic v. Andersen, has finally drawn to a close, as the RIAA was forced to pay Ms. Andersen $107,951, representing the amount of her attorneys fee judgment plus interest. But as some have pointed out, reimbursement for legal fees doesn't compensate Ms. Andersen for the other damages she's sustained. And that's where Phase II comes in, Andersen v. Atlantic. There the shoe is on the other foot, and Tanya is one doing the hunting, as she pursues the record companies and their running dogs for malicious prosecution. Should be interesting."

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  1. *HAPPYDANCE* by jeiler · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Way to go, Ms. Andersen!

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  2. Re:What does her disability have to do with this? by NewYorkCountryLawyer · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I haven't RTFAs (or not all of them anyway - have you?). But I'm struggling to see why she is described as "innocent, disabled". Does the validity of the case or the settlement depend on her being disabled?

    Personally, I think it makes it a bit more disgusting that the completely innocent person you are torturing over a frivolous, nonexistent, totally unnecessary, case, happens to be a disabled single mother of a small child whose sole income is Social Security Disability. Here's some background.

    There seem to be a few people who don't think it should matter at all. Those aren't my kind of people. I think people should have a heart.

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