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RIAA: We Don't Need No Stinkin' Judges (#931)
Posted: 1/21/2003; 11:05 PM by Terry Frazier
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No one can legitimately defend the wholesale pirating of copyrighted material, which makes it hard to oppose the RIAA in this particular case. The problem, as we all know, is that the moment it becomes clear the courts will uphold the RIAA's right to unrestricted subpeona -- anyone, anytime, anywhere, without proof -- that's exactly what they'll do.

They will swamp the courts and ISPs with tens of thousands of requests to identify the user of every IP address they can record. It will be the most massive abuse of the legal system ever recorded, and will cost innocent citizens millions in aggravation, lost services, and access.

Thank you, U.S. District Judge John D. Bates, for unleashing this scourge upon the earth.

Ruling A Blow To Online Music Pirates. CBS News Jan 21 2003 5:09PM ET
[...] The judge said that controversial law, which was enacted to uphold copyrights online, permits music companies to force Internet providers to turn over the name of a suspected pirate upon subpoena from any U.S. District Court clerk's office, without a judge's order. [...] [Moreover - IP and patents news]

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