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Charter Cable Sues To Quash RIAA Subpoenas

mattOzan writes "Charter Communications, the third largest cable provider in the United States, has filed a motion in St. Louis, Missouri, to block the RIAA's requests for the identities of about 150 Charter customers in the St. Louis area. In the over 1100 subpoenas that have been issued so far, Charter claims they are the only major ISP that has not provided the RIAA with 'a single datum of information.'"

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  1. If copyright were abolished... by Thinkit3 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...there would be no need to squash these subpeonas. If you try to get a subpeona for violation of a nonexistent law, you'll get laughed out.

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  2. datum? by SHEENmaster · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think telling them to go to hell would take more than 1/10^9 bits. Then again, I could be wrong.

    "Out of 10^9 non-unique values for bit 0, one selected at random was 1. This means that there is a possiblity of less than 1/10^891 that our message is 'Go to hell.' Off the record, that's what it is."

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  3. Re:They are the same: 100% frivolous by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But she'll never have sex agaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiin!!

  4. hooray for charter! by banks · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Not only are they resisting the jackboots, they're also one of the few modern non-scientific entities I've heard using "datum." So many people today think that "data" is singular/plural. It's infuriating- one wonders if schools even teach grammar any more.

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  5. Re:Subpoenas? by LX.onesizebigger · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And it's the topmost post with the sorting I use, no less.

    Subpoenas? (Score:5, Troll)

    Only on Slashdot. :)

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  6. Re:I GOT A GREASED UP YODA DOLL SHOVED UP MY ASS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    post pix plz

    kthxbye

  7. Re:Even if the RIAA looses the fast-track subpoena by benna · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    THERE IS NO WAR ON TERRORISM!!! When will people realize this. More americans died in elevator accidents last year than terrorism!

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  8. Planned Parenthood by Loconut1389 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Reminds me of case a little while back where they wanted all the names of women who were pregnant within a few months at a clinic so they could check with each one and find out which one dumpstered their baby.