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NC Judge Takes "A Fresh Look" At RIAA Subpoenas

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the doing-their-part dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "When some North Carolina State students recently brought to the attention of the Court the apparent illegality of the RIAA's investigations by unlicensed investigators, they also caught the attention of the judges. After reading these new papers, District Judge Louise W. Flanagan, who admits that she's been routinely signing the RIAA's ex parte discovery orders in the past, has indicated that she is now going to take 'a fresh look' at the RIAA's tactics. She issued a stay of the subpoena, ordering NC State not to respond to it, and referred the motions to dismiss the cases to a Magistrate Judge for him to take that 'fresh look' at what has been going on."

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  1. Oh well... by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 4, Funny
    Oh well... It was fun while it worked.

    Time to look for another business method...

  2. OK, which one of you guys at RTP did this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Jesse Helms (NC-R(acebaiter)) dies this morning, now a North Carolina judge is second-guessing RIAA subpoenas.

    So fess up. Which one of you geeks up at Research Triangle Park left the cluesprayer on last night, because it's obviously leaking cluons all over the friggin' state.

    I'm not saying you should stop the leak, by the way. I'm just curious as to the source.

  3. Re:Good by Kingrames · · Score: 5, Funny

    Two possibilities:
    1) This is a christmas miracle and a single Judge is turning out to be something other than a slimy evil-beyond-belief scumbag and we'll all live happily ever after...

    2) She's just doing this to force them to bribe her again.

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  4. Silence... by jaminJay · · Score: 3, Funny

    How am I supposed to get good legal commentary if no-one's posting on /.?

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    1. Re:Silence... by NewYorkCountryLawyer · · Score: 4, Funny

      How am I supposed to get good legal commentary if no-one's posting on /.?

      Don't look at me. I shouldn't even be working today.

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