Ma VS RIAA
Did you download a remixed 11 minute (Boredoms inspired) version of Sir Mix-a-lot's 'Baby's Got Back' recently and then to your October surprise received a letter from the suits at the RIAA saying that you owe them royalties, "hundreds of thousands of royalties", for stealing their property? Chin up kid, you aren't alone.
'Tanya Andersen of Oregon, a single mother of an eight-year-old girl, has filed a countersuit claiming that the RIAA, in the pursuit of its public campaign against digital file-sharing, has violated multiple points of the 1970 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, according to a post by attorney Ray Beckerman on the legal page at Digital Music News. Included in Ms. Andersen's suit are allegations of "fraud, invasion of privacy, abuse of process, electronic trespass, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, negligent misrepresentation, the tort of 'outrage,' and deceptive business practices." -'
Baby, I've got your tort of 'outrage' right here!
'Ms. Andersen learned from Settlement Support Center that her home computer had been "secretly entered by the record companies' agents, MediaSentry," and she was informed that she had "'been viewed' by MediaSentry downloading 'gangster rap' music at 4:24 a.m." using the login name "gotenkito@kazaa.com." Ms. Andersen claims neither to like "gangster rap" nor to recognize the login name. In addition, Ms. Andersen alleges that she is usually asleep at 4:24 a.m. and that she has never downloaded music. According to the claim, Settlement Support Center informed Ms. Andersen that, if she did not pay them immediately, "the record companies would bring an expensive and disruptive federal lawsuit using her actual name" and "get a judgment for hundreds of thousands of dollars." -'
Dude, there's nothing wrong with downloading gangster rap at 4:24 a.m. After age 25, that's when you SHOULD be doing it, with the curtains down, a pyramid of beer cans rising like Leviathan in your proxy, your cowboy boots on, and some chick named Tina Tijauna cuddled wholesomely in your lap, shaving you with a dull Bic.
Update: Go here to find out more about the RIAA's lawsuits against citizens.
Finally: The RIAA Gets Sued (TMT)
'Tanya Andersen of Oregon, a single mother of an eight-year-old girl, has filed a countersuit claiming that the RIAA, in the pursuit of its public campaign against digital file-sharing, has violated multiple points of the 1970 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, according to a post by attorney Ray Beckerman on the legal page at Digital Music News. Included in Ms. Andersen's suit are allegations of "fraud, invasion of privacy, abuse of process, electronic trespass, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, negligent misrepresentation, the tort of 'outrage,' and deceptive business practices." -'
Baby, I've got your tort of 'outrage' right here!
'Ms. Andersen learned from Settlement Support Center that her home computer had been "secretly entered by the record companies' agents, MediaSentry," and she was informed that she had "'been viewed' by MediaSentry downloading 'gangster rap' music at 4:24 a.m." using the login name "gotenkito@kazaa.com." Ms. Andersen claims neither to like "gangster rap" nor to recognize the login name. In addition, Ms. Andersen alleges that she is usually asleep at 4:24 a.m. and that she has never downloaded music. According to the claim, Settlement Support Center informed Ms. Andersen that, if she did not pay them immediately, "the record companies would bring an expensive and disruptive federal lawsuit using her actual name" and "get a judgment for hundreds of thousands of dollars." -'
Dude, there's nothing wrong with downloading gangster rap at 4:24 a.m. After age 25, that's when you SHOULD be doing it, with the curtains down, a pyramid of beer cans rising like Leviathan in your proxy, your cowboy boots on, and some chick named Tina Tijauna cuddled wholesomely in your lap, shaving you with a dull Bic.
Update: Go here to find out more about the RIAA's lawsuits against citizens.
Finally: The RIAA Gets Sued (TMT)
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