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[My Likes and Dislikes] A 41 year-old disabled single mom in Oregon, who was targeted by the RIAA for filesharing, has countersued the RIAA for electronic trespass, violations of the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act, invasion of privacy, RICO, fraud and more. She's also demanding a jury trial.

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Digital Podcast News: Recording Industry Vs. The People reports that Tanya Andersen has countersued the RIAA for Oregon RICO violations , 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. (via Cosmos)

Furdlog: Slashdot (Another Victim Countersues RIAA Under RICO Act) has an article that points to this blog entry: Oregon RIAA Victim Fights Back; Sues RIAA for Electronic Trespass, Violations of Computer Fraud & (via Cosmos)

[Gear Live | Home] Woman Countersues RIAA After Being Accused Of Downloading Gangsta Rap: Tanya Andersen filed the suit recently after finding out in a letter received in February that she was being sued for illegally downloading and distributing music on the Internet. The single mother called the number listed in the letter, which was not a law firm representing the plaintiff, but instead the Settlement Support Center, an LLP allegedly set up to coerce payments from people who had been identified in suits filed by RIAA, only to find out that she had been “viewed”

[blog.shrub] RIAA countersued: Tanya Andersen, a 41 year old disabled single mother living in Oregon, has countersued the RIAA for Oregon RICO violations, 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:

[SEDHE] Innocent people fight back: The counterclaim further alleges that the RIAA's activities violate Oregon's Unlawful Trade Practices Act (ORS 646.605 et seq.), the Oregon Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act (ORS 165.715 et seq.), and the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. 1030).

[White Noise] Sue me will ya?: The saga continues, in which the tables have finally turned. Tanya Andersen, a 41 year old disabled single mother from Oregon, has countersued the RIAA for RICO violations, 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.

[Blasted News] Oregon RIAA Victim Fights Back; Sues RIAA for Electronic Trespass, Violations of Computer Fraud & Abuse, Invasion of Privacy, R: Andersen, a 41 yearold disabled single mother living in Oregon, has countersued the RIAA for Oregon... Andersen is a 42-year-old single mother of an eight-year-old daughter living in Tualatin, Oregon.

[Amptoons.com] Alas, a blog » Blog Archive » RIAA sues 12 year old girl: But even if a company is engaged in monopolistic business practices (if what Ampersand claims is true, a big antitrust suit against RIAA would be very successful), there’s a serious question of whether or not it should bother us when people pursue vigilante justice against the company. I don’t particularly have a problem with Microsoft, but even if I did, I wouldn’t counsel people burning copies of Win XP in revenge for the high purchase price.

[Blogmaverick.com] Some Support for the RIAA ”” A Music Tax - Blog Maverick - www ...: (A note here, I’m sure there are a ton of legal issues here, but I’m sure there are lawyers who will offer the solutions via comments)

[Digitalmusicnews.com] Digital Music News: Insider Blogs: Tanya Andersen, a 41 year old disabled single mother living in Oregon, has countersued the RIAA for Oregon RICO violations, 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.

[Infoworld.com] RIAA settles with 12-year-old pirate's mother | InfoWorld | News ...: Weiss did not say whether the press coverage had affected the terms of the settlement, but Lahara's age was probably a factor, according to EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) Staff Attorney Gwen Hinze, who has been following the RIAA's actions. "I suspect the fact that she's 12 years old encouraged them to settle," she said.

[Utterlyboring.com] UtterlyBoring.com: RIAA Website Hacked: I'll give you three guesses as to what Web server software they're using. Anyway, a mirror of the hack has been posted here, for your viewing pleasure (pretty entertaining, actually, as they linked to a bunch of file-sharing programs that were stored on the RIAA servers).