“We could have pursued the case until the end of time”
by schwim on Apr.28, 2008, under MPAA & RIAA, Music
That is a quote from one Richard L. Gabriel, lead national counsel for the RIAA and a partner at the Denver law firm Holme, Roberts, & Owen.
What’s he referencing? One of those dastardly, crooked cap wearing, pants-drooping music thieves with thousands of downloads under their belt, I bet.
Almost.
He is referencing a case the RIAA had to drop against one Tanya Andersen, a 45 year old single mother, subsisting on disability. They sent the dogs after her for sharing thousands of files. They continued their pursuit when their own expert found her computer to be free of any proof of pirating media. They continued after the RIAA itself found out the nick they attributed to her actually belonged to another person that was bragging online about stealing music. Only after Anderson’s attorney found this information did they offer to drop the suit… providing she agreed not to file a counter claim.
Reading the information in released documents, you come to realize how despicable the RIAA actually is and to what depths it will stoop. The RIAA however, sees it a little differently. Mr. Gabriel states that they didn’t drop the suit because they couldn’t prove their case. The nick they falsely attributed to Ms. Anderson? He states that the user name might have been inspired by Kylee, since she admitted she liked Dragon Ball Z, a Japanese anime TV series that has a character with a similar name.
And how did he intend to prove that she actually downloaded the music that they accused her of stealing? He stated that Andersen admitted that she knew or listened to some of the artists whose songs were offered for download.
“We could have pursued the case until the end of time.”
This man would like you to buy some of his client’s music.
