Judge Deals Blow to RIAA

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 20, 2007 @12:27PM from the glad-that's-all-worked-out dept.

jcgam69 writes "A federal judge in New Mexico has put the brakes on the RIAA's lawsuit train, at least in the US District Court for New Mexico. The case in question is part of the RIAA's campaign against file-sharing on college campuses and names "Does 1-16," who allegedly engaged in copyright infringement using the University of New Mexico's network. In a ruling issued last month but disclosed today by file-sharing attorney Ray Beckerman, Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia denied the RIAA's motion to engage in discovery. This means that the RIAA will not be able to easily get subpoenas to obtain identifying information from the University."

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Curious phrasing by TubeSteak · 2007-06-20 12:39 · Score: 5, Interesting

In a ruling issued last month but disclosed today
What they really mean is that:
1. nobody attended the court to hear the motion being ruled upon
2. nobody read the court filings after the ruling
3. nobody bothered to get a transcript of the trial to see what happened.

In other words, the trial wasn't all that important to [news organizations].
And why wait a month to 'disclose' the ruling?

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