Taking a Closer Look at the P2P Subpoenas

An anonymous reader writes "Cnet is reporting a federal appeals court on Tuesday scrutinized the details of a 1998 copyright law, wondering whether it permits the wide-scale unmasking of alleged peer-to-peer pirates by the music industry." The issue, of course, is the constitutionality of the DMCA subpoena process which is among the more evil components of the often-criticized law.

Comments

Put your hands on the wall...

[winstarman]

I just want to see more 12-year-old girls get sued. I mean, you can't BUY publicity like that!

"How can we attract attention??? hmm... I dunno.. I've got it! Let's inadvertantly sue a pre-teen-daughter-of-a-single-mom!"

Brilliant. But so very stupid at the same time.

Oh Canada!

[grub]

Phew!

I hope the appeals court rules in favour of the file sharers. The thought of all those American P2P evil-doers moving up here to Canada was scaring me.

Re:Legal Perspective?

[El]

This case is about a fellow who made available 600 copyrighted works," Roberts said. "Is there any legitimate purpose for making available for copying 600 copyrighted works?"

Hey! I know of a guy who made available over a million copyrighted works! His name is Andrew Carnegie, and he started this lending service called "The New York Library"! Maybe the RIAA should go after him, as he's obviously a notorious pirate!