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Setback For RIAA In Sweeping Lawsuits

Posted by timothy on from the automation-will-do-wonders dept.

pvt_medic writes "In a set back for the RIAA, last Friday a judge ruled that they have to file lawsuits individually. The judge's decision was that for each John Doe that the RIAA wanted identified they would have to file an individual lawsuit."

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  1. bad news for SCO by glassesmonkey · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Since SCO has publicly stated they plan to follow RIAA's examples, this is a good sign that SCO won't be able to blanket the courts with thousands of lawsuits.

    1. Re:bad news for SCO by redog · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      SCO would have a much easier time identifing, and individualy sueing linux users than the RIAA does kazaa or mldonkey users.