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RIAA loses court case

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edited December 2003 in Science & Tech
A U.S court said today that the RIAA's methods of tracking down music pirates are not authorized by law. This is a major set back for the Recording Industry Association of America, who say copying music over the Internet is partially to blame for falling CD sales.

[blockquote]A lower court earlier this year upheld the recording industry's tactics, which have served as the basis for hundreds of lawsuits filed against individual Internet users.

But in a strongly worded ruling, the appeals court sided with Verizon, saying a 1998 copyright law does not give copyright holders the ability to subpoena customer names from Internet providers without filing a formal lawsuit.
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  • CammanCamman NEW! England Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    wow, what a major event and quite the setback for the RIAA, this should change a lot I would think, in terms of the mass lawsuits anyway
  • croc_croc_ New
    edited December 2003
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    I mean, thats horrible ..... pirating is terrible.
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    :rockon:
  • kanezfankanezfan sunny south florida Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    screw them those b@st@rds. it's too late for them, unless they kill the internet, they will die. the RIAA is dead, artists will shortly begin to make a living without those idiots.
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    I sure hope you're right, kanezfan.

    I heard a blurb on the news that said the RIAA will continue to file lawsuits against ISPs despite not being able to name individuals... what are those stubborn SOB's thinkin'??
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Shiver me timbres.

    Seems da waters be open once more. Yaarrrrr.
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    You been playing Puzzle Pirates by any chance there, Thrax?
  • MJOMJO Denmark New
    edited December 2003
    This is similar to the things happening here in Denmark.
    A couple of months ago, The local APG (Anti Piracy Group) wanted to get the names and adresses directly from the ISP.
    The court told them that it should go through court first.
    No shortcuts for them.
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited December 2003
    :Pwned:


    :kneel:
  • Mr_BojinglesMr_Bojingles Northern Michigan New
    edited December 2003
    w00t!

    Down with the RIAA.

    How many more times do they have to shoot themselves in the foot before they realize they are going about this the wrong way?
  • TemplarTemplar You first.
    edited December 2003
    kanezfan had this to say
    screw them those b@st@rds. it's too late for them, unless they kill the internet, they will die. the RIAA is dead, artists will shortly begin to make a living without those idiots.

    It would take a lot more than this for the RIAA to just vanish off the planet. Yeah they suck, and I hate them, however, they arn't just going to 'quit'. Chances are someone will buy them out and new management will drop in. Hopefully that new management won't be as bad as the first.
  • ginipigginipig OH, NOES
    edited December 2003
    I doubt that corporate-control will ever end. Riaa may lose the battle, however, it'll be a pyrrhic victory en masse. In the not too distant future, an eventual innovation in media broadcast will force the entire human population to succumb to its idiot-proof/energy-efficient/cost-reducing interface - necessitating extreme levels of civil-disobedience. Analogous to the great software that has spawned from the inadequacies of numerous closed-source products, corporate giants will manage to abrogate pirates in the name of national security .

    We are no longer safe.
  • PreacherPreacher Potomac, MD Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    The RIAA and MPAA just don't realize that even God shares files over P2P!

    Seriously, if they would just realize that computers and internet broadband have irrevocable changed the market, they'd figure out there are many new ways to restore their revenue. They keep trying to sell buggywhips when everyone is driving cars.

    Templar,
    I may be wrong, but aren't the RIAA and for that matter the MPAA organizations funded by the music and movie industries? I don't think they can be "bought" out like a traditional company. I thought they were more like a lobbying group. Anybody know for sure?
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