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Verizon Loses Suit Over Subpoena of Subscriber Info

Posted by michael on from the riaa-now-knows-if-you're-a-dog dept.

Brian Golden writes "As a result of a suit filed by the RIAA, the identity of a Verizon customer with a penchant for mp3's was ordered to be released. Man, how many people are now sweating bullets trying to remember what they downloaded?" News.com.com also has a story. If you've forgotten about this case, see our earlier story. Verizon wasn't making any sort of principled stand to protect its users' privacy, it just wanted to avoid the costs of complying with the (many) subpoenas it will now receive.

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  1. too easy... by Sparr0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It wasnt me, it was my brother/son/wife/cousin/neighbor/someone-using-my- WAP

  2. sky.isFalling() = True by Amsterdam+Vallon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let me get this straight.

    We now live in a world where anonymity no longer exists, we have to pay for music, and an ugly 18 year old Canadian chick is at the top of the US music charts?

    I need a Tums...

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  3. Where's Johnny Cochrane and the Chewbacca Defense by snowpuppy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Johnny Cochrane: It does not make sense. Look at me. I'm a lawyer defending a major record company and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca. Does that make sense? Ladies and Gentlemen I'm am not making any sense. None of this makes sense. And so you have to remember when you're in that jury room deliberating and conjugating the Emancipation Proclamation, does it make sense? No. Ladies and Gentlemen of this deposed jury it does not make sense. If Chewbacca lives on Endor you must acquit. The defense rests.

  4. Re:They're monitoring P2P, not sniffing the intern by cybermace5 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does anyone else think the subject size limit worked out REALLY funny this time?

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