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Minnesota woman to appeal $220,000 RIAA award

Oct 8, 2007   11 pm
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legal-hammer The Minnesota woman who last week was ordered to pay the recording industry $222,000 for copyright violations related to sharing songs, has decided to appeal the verdict.

Thomas announced her decision Monday morning on cable news channel CNN and on her MySpace.com page.

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RIAA faces class-action lawsuit for illegal investigations

Aug 19, 2007   3 pm
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riaa_logo Yet another lawsuit has been hurled towards the RIAA. This one, which seeks class-action status, was brought about by another one of the RIAA’s former targets, a woman from Oregon, Tanya Anderson.

The suit alleges, among other things, that the RIAA used low and downright illegal tactics to pry information out of people. It also claims that the RIAA and MediaSentry both know they are using illegal tactics and have flawed investigations.

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