The World Needs More Ninjas

I’m sure this has little chance of actually hurting the RIAA, but it is quite entertaining nonetheless. A woman has countersued the RIAA under laws generally used to prosecute organized crime.

This is the case peer-to-peer file sharers have been waiting for. Tanya Andersen, a 41 year old disabled single mother living in Oregon, has countersued the RIAA for Oregon RICO violations, fraud, invasion of privacy, abuse of process, electronic trespass, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, negligent misrepresentation, the tort of “outrage”, and deceptive business practices.

Ms. Andersen’s counterclaims demand a trial by jury.