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P2P Litigation Crippled In DC District Court Ruling

Posted by timothy on from the civil-procedure dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In a stunning defeat for the US Copyright Group, DC District Court Judge Rosemary Collyer is forcing copyright holders to sue only those over whom the DC court has personal jurisdiction. The USCG has sued in the DC court more than 4,500 people on behalf of a German producer that created the Far Cry movie. But the Judge is having none of that; in her ruling [Friday], Judge Collyer stated that only those who are in the DC court's jurisdiction can be sued — shrinking what could have been a windfall of defendant's cash to perhaps a mere trickle."

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  1. Conflict of interest by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The USCG has sued over 4,500 people on behalf of a German producer that created the Far Cry movie in the DC court.

    I don't see how the judge can be impartial if he let them make the movie in his court.

    1. Re:Conflict of interest by RoboRay · · Score: 2, Funny

      And why is the Coast Guard even involved in this?

    2. Re:Conflict of interest by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Mrs. White: He didn't seem to like me very much. He had threatened to kill me in public.
      Miss Scarlet: Why would he want to kill you in public?
      Wadsworth: I think she means he threatened, in public, to kill her.
      Miss Scarlet: Oh.

  2. Far Cry? by Junta · · Score: 4, Funny

    If people stole and presumably watch the movie Far Cry, *they* should be suing the studio for emotional distress or something.

    *NO ONE* should be subjected to a Uwe Boll film.

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    1. Re:Far Cry? by uweboll · · Score: 3, Funny

      What exactly don't you like about my films?

    2. Re:Far Cry? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      What exactly don't you like about my films?

      Their existence.

  3. Well ... by thomst · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... looks like her verdict was a (ahem) far cry from what Uwe Boll was expecting.

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  4. Re:End of the world! by Paradise+Pete · · Score: 2, Funny

    I want that woman considered for the next Supreme vacancy!

    How do we even know she can sing?