DamnedIfIknow used our news submit to tell us that the RIAA has
suffered a blow at the hands of the legal system. The RIAA wanted to be able to
have unlimited access to a hard drive of an Oregon mother it's suing in a p2p file sharing
suit. The women in question Tanya Anderson lives alone with her 9 year old
daughter, who live on social security disability benefits. Tanya was
accused of downloading music and the RIAA wanted a settlement to get them off
her back.
Anderson has denied ever downloading music
or distributing since the suit was filed last February. She was so desperate to
get the RIAA of her back she even offered the RIAA to forensically examine the
computer for evidence of music. The RIAA always said no this demand but recently
has changed its tune by asking for a court order for unlimited access to her
computer. Anderson and her lawyers refused to give unlimited access and the
judge agreed, he told Anderson to employ her own forensic expert and
bill the RIAA for the costs of the examination.
 The Big Four Organized Music record label cartel"s RIAA is licking its wounds after losing a bid for unfettered access to the hard drive of an Oregon mother it"s victimizing in a p2p file sharing case.The woman, Tanya Andersen, lives alone with her nine-year-old daughter, Kylee, surviving on Social Security disability payments.On behalf of the Big Four"s RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) RIAA, "settlement" worker Mark Eilers accused her of "illegally" downloading music files, demanding an extortion payment to get the labels off her back.
But Andersen, 43, says she"s has never
downloaded or distributed music in her life and since February last year,
when the labels" civil copyright infringement lawsuit was filed, has been
trying to end her nightmare by having the RIAA examine her computer so
they could see for themselves.The RIAA had always ignored her but then,
out of the blue, suddenly wanted a court order to allow it to ferret
freely through her hard drive.Andersen and her lawyers, Lybeck Murphy from
Mercer Island, Washington, refused to give carte blanche access, and judge
Donald Ashmanskas has told Andersen to go ahead and hire her own
independent private forensic expert to look for specific files, also
ordering the RIAA to foot the bill for the
examination. |
Source: P2PNET
