Pay Tanya Andersen $108,000, judge orders RIAA
p2pnet news | RIAA News:- The RIAA have had their chance.
Now it’s Tanya’s turn.
p2pnet posted that towards the end of last month, the subject being efforts exerted by Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony BMG’s RIAA to avoid paying Tanya —- Tanya Andersen, the Oregon mother who, with her lawyers Lory Lybeck and Ben Justus, has the Big 4 and their attack dog in full retreat —- the money they owe her.
Following years of vicious and unmitigated attacks by the RIAA and its cohorts, John V. Acosta awarded her nearly $108,000 in fees and costs,.
But Pay? No Way! – says the RIAA.
The RIAA tried to dime her down to $30,000, but that didn’t work.
So they tried $60,000.
That didn’t work either and now judge A. Redden has affirmed the Acosta award.
Says Redden in his court document >>>
After careful review of the record and that the parties’ objections, I agree with Magistrate Judge Acosta’s analysis and conclusions.
Accordingly, I ADOPT Judge Acosta’s Findings and Recommendation (doc. 19) as my own opinion.
Andersen’s Motion to Fix Amount of Attorney’s Fee (doc. 159) is GRANTED in part, and DENIED in part.
Andersen is hereby awarded attorney’s fees in the amounbt of $103,175.
Andersen’s bill of costs is APPROVED in the amouhnt of $4,659.
However, neither the Big 4 nor are their RIAA have let trifling matters such as court decisions or orders stand in their way and we can expect a lot more prevarication and wriggling and writhing.
Ultimately, though, they’ll have to pay.
And that’ll only be the beginning.
Jon Newton – p2pnet
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June 25th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
It’s probably cost the riaa a million bucks to fight paying 108,000.
Sounds like RIAA math to me
June 25th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Aren’t these the same people who try to hold on to every penny they can? When will a financial advisor step forward with the calculations for how much it will cost them in the long term when they don’t pay up right away.
Basic maths:
Lawyers fees (prolly more than 500k / year for the team)
Court fees (dunno how much but no too cheap I recon)
Tanya’s fees (108k)
= Well into 1 million bucks * years and time and BAD PRESS
Since when has this been a good business idea?
June 26th, 2008 at 5:07 am
“Wir wollen das es wehtut”
Yes! That hurts indeed, even if it is different then what the MAFIAA probably was meaning
[Clemens Rasch is THE "german RIAA"-vulture that sends out € 3500 extortion letters in germany via his own limited liability company he has formed specially for that task the ProMedia GmbH in Hamburg]
June 26th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Because this is the same type of moronic fanatic and terrorists that took us to the Iraq war and trempled our constitution with their tortures craps! They will all pay for that.
You do the crime, you pay the price. It’s not going to be pretty!
June 26th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
they won’t pay.
ever.
June 26th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
They. Wont. Pay.
There has been no indication that they will EVER adhere
to any rule of law, and no indication that they will EVER
truly be called to task for it.
My apologies to MR. Beckerman, but there is no indication that your, or
anyones faith in the legal system is justified.
Maybe if once, just once, they actually experienced a sanction for their obvious
gamesmanship, I might be capable of believing in the system, but I don’t
think I will live long enough to see it happen, even if I surpass methuselah in age.