Judge Rules BitTorrent Cases Must Be Tried Separately

PhrostyMcByte writes: "TorrentFreak reports that Federal Judge Stephanie Rose recently put a thorn in the plans of copyright holders hoping to file cheap mass-lawsuits against alleged pirates. Rejecting all but one Doe for such a lawsuit, Rose's order mentions that the plaintiffs have failed to demonstrate the five Does in the case were a part of the same 'transaction' needed to be tried together, with an uncommon understanding of BitTorrent showing that '... even in all five cases where Doe defendants allegedly have "hit dates" on the same day and close in time, there is no showing that the earlier defendants were still connected to the Internet and actively distributing data through the BitTorrent client at the same time as the later defendants.'"

Comments

Well thats a first

[MCROnline]

All we need now is prosecutions based on real losses and not imaginary figures pulled out the air by lawyers.

Re:Well thats a first

[Infiniti2000]

If only they pulled them out of the air. They actually pull them out of their asses.

Looking at this another way...

[StripedCow]

This judge just assured himself and his lawyer friends of income for the rest of their lives...