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Appeals Court Rules Against RIAA in DMCA Subpoena Case

Posted by michael on from the no-records-for-you dept.

JohnTheFisherman writes "My Way News is reporting that a Federal appeals court ruled that the RIAA can't compel the ISP to provide the name of the downloaders in their case against Verizon. In fact, the court said that one of the arguments the RIAA used 'borders upon the silly.' I believe most here will agree that this is great news." We've been following this case for a while.

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  1. Access to information? Most traffic IS illegal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    Big deal. For instance, universities all over the globe are banning the use of any P2P in their network. Why? Because the material trafficed is mostly illegal. Which can only make sense.

    Where I work, running P2P in our network is a cause for summary dismissal - it doesn't matter if you're a professor or a student. Zero tolerance.

  2. Yeah, blame it all on Clinton - it's 4 years now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    The DMCA was signed by you man Clinton

    After it was accepted by Republican controlled House and Senate.

    The moron has been our moron-in-chief now for 4 years. It's about time you start taking responsibility for his bad, bad decisions. You can't blame it all on the previous administration.

    I do, however, feel some sort of sympathy with all of you Clinton haters. I never realized before that you really could hate a president so much. Both as a person (religious bigot, weak, stupid) and as the institution (horrific, extremely dangerous foreign policy). After four years of GWB administration I'm beginning to understand the paranoia and hate with which certain people reacted to Clinton administration.

  3. Re:Have a reality check by Rip!ey · · Score: 0, Troll

    This in itself brings many problems. Similar to that which has been noted in children of divorced couples. Studies have been done on this and I'd link to them if I could, but not everything gets put on-line.

    Children benfit from the singular central role models of two parents of opposite sex. Take away either and replace them with a multitude of 'replacement' role models and the children simply get confused.

    Too many role models is just as much a problem as none at all.

  4. Re:hee hee by Anthony+Boyd · · Score: 0, Troll
    Al Gore did not claim he "invented" the Internet, nor did he say anything that could reasonably be interpreted that way.

    And then Al's quote:

    During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.

    Ah! So Al didn't "invent" it, he "created" it. Huge difference!

    /me rolls eyes

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