Tanya Anderson Files Class Action Suit Against the RIAA
RIAA defendant Tanya Anderson has filed the first file sharing class action suit against the RIAA, seeking payment for "significant damages caused by the Defendants" to everyone who has been sued by the organization to date. The move represents an expansion from suit she filed earlier.
This class-action suit accuses the RIAA and other parties named below of "negligence, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, federal and state RICO, abuse of process, malicious prosecution, intentional infliction of emotional distress, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, trespass, invasion of privacy, libel and slander, deceptive business practices, misuse of copyright law, and civil conspiracy," according to recordingindustryvsthepeople.
Anderson told P2Pnet today,
"I think it is really disgusting what the RIAA and these other companies have done to me and people like me.
"They have made my life a mess, put my life on hold, and created a lot of damage. I’ve been treated like a criminal for something I never did. My life will never be the same. I feel these companies should be ashamed and held responsible for what they have done. I don’t care who someone is, they shouldn't be allowed to attack an innocent person and make their life a living nightmare.
"I hope what I’m doing can help not only myself, but others like myself, who have been put under this same type of unnecessary attack."
Aside from the RIAA, the suit targets P2P monitor MediaSentry (and its owner Safenet), the Settlement Support Center (which served debt collection notices), as well as original plaintiffs Atlantic Recording Corporation, Priority Records, Capitol Records, UMG Recordings, and BMG Music.
