Canadian Record Industry Presses ISPs in Court

Posted by michael on Saturday March 13, 2004 @09:40AM from the squeeze-play dept.

An anonymous reader writes "'Internet service providers have neither an obligation nor, in some cases, the technical means to help the recording industry identify 29 alleged music pirates, a federal judge heard yesterday.' The article continues, 'Shaw Cable, the most defiant company among the pack, poked holes in CRIA's case and accused the music industry of planning an extended fishing expedition for the purpose of forcing individuals into costly settlements before cases ever get to trial. This is the same strategy used by sister organization the Recording Industry Association of America, lawyers argued.'"

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Um EDITORS? by dsanfte · 2004-03-13 10:00 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Can you not do an IP address block on this crap? When is it EVER on-topic? How about a nice filter to catch any AC posts in the first 30 (some arbitrary number) comments on a thread on a story, and reject them?

Great way to get people modding when they have to wade through this racist bullshit.

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occultae nullus est respectus musicae - originally a Greek proverb