Los Angeles - A woman sued for file-sharing copyright infringement by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed a class action lawsuit against the RIAA and other parties on a range of charges, seeking damages for herself and anyone else sued by the record label trade group, according to a post on the Recording Industry vs. The People.

The class action filed by Tanya Anderson -- whom the RIAA eventually dropped its copyright case against -- alleges "negligence, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, federal and state RICO, abuse of process, malicious prosecution, intentional infliction of emotional distress, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, trespass, invasion of privacy, libel and slander, deceptive business practices, misuse of copyright law, and civil conspiracy."

Along with the RIAA, the lawsuit also targets individual record labels; SafeNet, provider of the MediaSentry P2P monitoring service; and a debt collection agency.

"I think it is really disgusting what the RIAA and these other companies have done to me and people like me," Andersen told p2pnet.

"They have made my life a mess, put my life on hold, and created a lot of damage. I've been treated like a criminal for something I never did. My life will never be the same. I feel these companies should be ashamed and held responsible for what they have done."

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/2cb4ts (Recording Industry vs. The People)

http://www.p2pnet.net/story/13077

http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/08/tanya-anderson-.html

http://tinyurl.com/2aruyg (PDF of complaint)