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Report From RIAA v. Verizon Case

Posted by michael on from the music-industry-getting-to-know-you dept.

LawGeek writes "Adam Kessel has provided Greplaw with exclusive coverage of today's RIAA v. Verizon hearing, in which the RIAA is attempting to force Verizon to produce information about a user who allegedly shared files using P2P technology. It sounds as though the judge had a good grasp of the technology, and has promised to rule quickly. Slashdot has previously covered Verizon's stance on this and other P2P issues."

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  1. Best line in the Greplaw Article by Amazing+Quantum+Man · · Score: 5, Funny

    Judge permitted amicus Motion Picture Association of America to make a brief argument which for the most part said that the Motion Picture Industry had a large financial stake in DMCA enforcement

    Or in other words... DUH!

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  2. I agree with the editors by L.+VeGas · · Score: 5, Funny

    He does seem to have a very good grasp on the underlying issues and the technology

    Based on what I read in the article I would have to agree. Particularly this sentence towards the end that says, "It sounds as though the judge had a good grasp of the technology."

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    1. Re:I agree with the editors by Alkaiser · · Score: 2, Funny

      That was pretty much the line that sealed the deal for me too. Once I read that, I knew I could be confident that this guy had a pretty good grasp of the technology.

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  3. Maybe by zoomshorts · · Score: 1, Funny

    Maybe we will get a ground breaking decision FOR P2P technology...naw, I better go back to my dream.

  4. name of user? by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Funny

    i have my home pc on verizon dsl. i also run kazaa on it 24/7 against an 80 gig usb drive. the 80 gig drive is 90% full, with one folder on it simply labeled "mp3".

    any way we can get the name of this user the RIAA is after? the chris tresco dod interview is weighing a little heavily on my mind right now (gulp) ;-P

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  5. Think this is bad? by peterdaly · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't see what the RIAA is complaining about.

    Have you ever called Verizon to try and get a problem with their service resolved?

    For heaven's sake, when I pay my phone bill with a check over the phone with this company, I have to talk to a human and give them all the info they need to create a paper check which they then deposit. Who their size doesn't do the electronic check thing now adays?

    Don't even get me starting with if one of our T1's at work has a problem...

    Sounds to me like the RIAA is just sore they don't get better treatment than everyone else.

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  6. Wouldn't it be funny... by Boone^ · · Score: 4, Funny

    if the user didn't know they were being targeted, and they were reading about the legal stuff along with the rest of us going "huh, sucks to be that guy!"

    1. Re:Wouldn't it be funny... by Zordak · · Score: 4, Funny
      From a New York Times article, dated February, 2003:

      "The Verizon subscriber, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison today, frequented an online technical new site called "Slashdot" under the pseudonym 'Boone^.' One RIAA laywer commented, "Anybody who reads that commie-leftist-anti-coporate-America web page and parades under an obvious hacker name like that is just asking to be nailed." In reaction to the verdict, the defendant sobbed, "It's like I just got modded to (-1, Music Pirate)." NYT internet analysts are still trying to decipher the comment."

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  7. Re:Thanks for notifying us. by circletimessquare · · Score: 2, Funny

    no you don't! HAHAHAHAHA

    stupid geek person!

    i don't have an Internet Post office address!

    there is no internet post office, don't you get it!? email isn't like regular mail!

    man, you geeks are dumber than i thought ;-P

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  8. The Judge's HD by theMightyE · · Score: 2, Funny
    It sounds as though the judge had a good grasp of the technology...

    Hmmmmm... I wonder how the judge came to understand the ins and outs of filesharing so well. It couldn't be the same way the rest of the world learned about it, could it? *cough*

    Well, I'm sure the judge won't mind if Jack V. and co. do a little checking around on his hard drive, and maybe take a look at any logs or history files showing where he's been to on the 'net. After all, it is their God-given right to do so, no?

  9. Re:Heck, 2600 is probably behind this by Dalcius · · Score: 3, Funny

    Received: from hax0rb0xen [2600.com] by mail.riaa.com
    Fri, 13 Sept 2002 12:40:53 -0500
    From: "Bob Jones" <bjones@riaa.com>
    To: "Hillary Rosen" <hrosen@riaa.com>
    Subject: Copyright violator on Verizon
    Date: Fri, 13 Sept 2002 12:40:59 -0500

    Mistress,

    We have detected a p2p file-swapper on Verizon networks currently sharing 20GB of Brittany Spears, the Backstreet Boys, N'Sync, Celine Dion and Jennifer Lopez. What should we do?

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