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[theweaselking]

One of the victims of the RIAA's harrassment campaign has filed a counter suit. An Oregon woman, 42 and disabled, was told she was one of the many John Does in the massive suits by the RIAA. She was told by a collection agency that they had secretly infiltrated her computer and found evidence that she had been downloading gangster rap from Kazaa. She was told that if she did not pay up a nominal settlement fee, she would be sued for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

From her suit:

50. The record companies pursued debt collection activities for the inappropriate purpose of illegally threatening Ms. Andersen and many thousands of others. This tortious abuse was motivated by and was a central part of a public relations campaign targeting electronic file sharing.

51. An employee of Settlement Support Center admitted to Ms. Andersen that he believed that she had not downloaded any music. He explained that Settlement Support Center and the record companies would not quit the debt collection activity against her because to do so would encourage other people to defend themselves against the record companies' claims.

If it's true, can anyone else say "RICO charges"?