We reported recently about Tanya Andersen's demand and receipt of attorneys fees after the RIAA dropped a file sharing case against her after two years. Judge Donald Ashmanskas said that the RIAA was unable to obtain, or chose not to produce significant usable evidence against the defendant. He commented that the case was unjustified as a reasonable exploration of the boundaries of copyright law as the RIAA seeks to avoid any major decisions on any significant issues.
He commented that if the trade group is allowed to continue with this process, "members of the public would be more hesitant to use the Internet to share creative works in general, regardless of whether their specific conduct violated copyright law or occupied an area yet to be addressed by copyright law."
Source:
Inquirer
Written by: James Delahunty @ 24 Sep 2007 18:48