Woman Beats RIAA Lawsuit

By Christopher Nickson
August 18, 2008

A woman has won $107,951 in legal expenses after the RIAA dropped a music piracy case against her.

Disabled single mother Tanya Andersen is going to be a folk hero. She took on the might of the RIAA, challenging them to prove she’d pirated music – and won. Now the RIAA has to pay a whopping $107,951 in legal fees, and she’s filed suit against them.

It all began four years ago when the RIAA accused Andersen and her eight-year-old daughter of illegally downloading gangsta rap. Andersen claimed her innocence, even offering to let the RIAA inspect her computer, but they refused, threatening her with prosecution unless she handed over several thousand dollars.

Then Andersen made a stand. After being served court papers, she hired attorney Lory Lybeck, who said:

"I said to myself, either she's a good actor and a good liar, or what they have ...

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