P2P Lawsuit Victim Triumphs over RIAA

 Judges rule that RIAA Pays Attorneys'Fees RIAA is counter suited by the defendant Tanya Andersen on file sharing issue afte federal judge on Wednesday cleared the way for file swapping defendant Tanya Andersen to seek attorney's fees and file a counter claim against the RIAA over a botched copyright infringement suit.

The process initiated by RIAA against Andersen who was charged with copyright violation has been going on for more than two years, a period during which Andersen has allegedly tallied hundreds of thousands of dollars in this law suit. The charges claimed that she had been distributing music illegally using the Kazaa file sharing network under the name "gotenkito." In the end, since no evidence of such an illegal sharing was found on Andersen's computer the RIAA's case was dropped.

For those unfamiliar with the term "with prejudice", this means that each party involved in the law suit may end up paying the other’s fees for attorneys. RIAA has been already verdicted by magistrate judge Donald C. Ashmanska to pay some or all of Anderson's fees, considering all the threats and pressure RIAA launched against her.

According to Wired.com that decision was confirmed on Thursday by District Judge James A. Redden, which leaves the RIAA with no choice but to pay some of the fees to Anderson, according to Recording Industry vs. the People. Yet, we can’t help wonder how much they will reach into their pockets for this. Upset by the whole ordeal, Andersen declared that besides the fees she will carry on pursuing her counterclaims against the RIAA.