Thursday, June 28, 2007
RIAA and RICO?
Here's FindLaw's Anita Ramasastry on why an Oregon woman, who may be justifiably angry at the RIAA for targeting her in an ultimately untenable illegal file sharing suit, probably can't prevail in a malicious prosecution, IIED, and invasion of privacy lawsuit, but is trying it anyway by alleging that the association is part of a larger criminal enterprise and is thus subject to the RICO statute.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/media_law_prof_blog/2007/06/riaa-and-rico.html