RIAA and the copyright nazis take another hit...
[0]NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The RIAA has gotten slammed again, this
time in Oregon, as the Magistrate Judge in [1]Atlantic v. Andersen has
ruled that Tanya Andersen's [2]motion for attorneys fees should be
granted. The Magistrate, in his [3]15-page decision, noted that, despite
extensive pretrial discovery proceedings, 'when plaintiffs dismissed
their claims in June 2007, they apparently had no more material evidence
to support their claims than they did when they first contacted defendant
in February 2005.....' and concluded that 'Copyright holders generally,
and these plaintiffs specifically, should be deterred from prosecuting
infringement claims as plaintiffs did in this case.' This is the same
case in which (a) the RIAA [4]insisted on interrogating Ms. Andersen's
10-year-old girl at a face-to-face deposition, (b) the defendant [5]filed
RICO counterclaims against the record companies, and (c) the defendant
recently [6]converted her RICO case into a class action"
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Links:
0. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/
1.
http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007/01/index-of-litigation-documents.html#Atlantic_v_Andersen
2.
http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007/09/tanya-andersens-motion-for-attorneys.html
3.
http://www.ilrweb.com/viewILRPDF.asp?filename=atlantic_andersen_070921OrderMagistrateAwardAttorneysFees
4. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/24/2220222&tid=141
5. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/18/1734258&tid=123
6. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/17/1728225&tid=123
