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Supreme Court to Take Up DeCSS Case
geekee writes "CNET has posted an article claiming the US Supreme Court will take up a 1999 case involving individuals posting DeCSS on web sites based in the US. In November, the California Supreme Court had ruled that Matthew Pavlovitch could not be sued in CA since he's not a CA resident 'with no substantial contact with California'. The injunction placed before the start of the CA trial will remain in effect. The case is essentially about juristiction when attempting to prosecute a number of defendants simultaneously in order to save on legal fees."
I sure hope Judge O'Conner doesn't tell everyone that I burnt her The Matrix last week..
'juristiction'... court room fiction? i wanna learn more :D
Supreme court is just like regular court, except it also has tomatoes and sour cream.
If the taxi driver has to pay to play music, does the radio station get a refund for the N people who THEY paid for too?
The problem here is that they're selling the same good (right to listen to song X) repeatedly. This is NO different from going to the auto dealer:
"That will be $15000.... oh wait, you have a family? Well, each of them *might* use the car so we'll have to work something out. Let's see, there's 5 of you so the total comes out to $75000."
Of course in the RIAA's case, later the dealer would report to the car manufacturer:
"Well, we sold one car this month, here's your $500"
If I have been able to see further than others, it is because I bought a pair of binoculars.
No, the end of a crow bar through your window still works quite well. a hand towel usually dampens a lot of the noise (from the window).
thank God the internet isn't a human right.