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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. More than 1.1 billion pigs are killed each year by Amsterdam+Vallon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    More than 1.1 billion pigs are killed worldwide each year. For no reason.

    Pork is an unhealthy food source. Most people who eat pork also have access to other, non-meat foods.

    Pigs are some of the most intelligent beings on our planet. Why do we kill them by the billions? Just to enjoy the transient pleasure of tasting their flesh?

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    Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate. Ex-O'Reilly/MIT employee, now a full-time Google employee.
    1. Re:More than 1.1 billion pigs are killed each year by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      mmm porky goodness!

    2. Re:More than 1.1 billion pigs are killed each year by goatasaur · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      The sad thing is none of those slaughtered pigs work for the RIAA.

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  2. man I can�t understand this. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nope i sure dont.

  3. First Lawsuit! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Woot

  4. Idiot moderators! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Can't you tell a GOAT from a TROLL?!!!

    (Hint, one hides under bridges and the other tries to walk across them!)

  5. Don't like RIAA/MPAA? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you don't like the RIAA/MPAA just click, and minimize the window...