RIAA can't subpoena your information anymore
Posted By matt on December 19, 2003
A federal appeals cour overturned a previous decision, resulting in a verdict that says that the RIAA can't compel an ISP to provide the names of people at given IP addresses. Also in there is stuff about how the ISP is not responsible for traffic on their network, bringing them in line with telcos (phone companies are not responsible if you use them to run an illegal sports book, for example). Also, this may mean that all the existing lawsuits may be dropped. According to some lawyers on a list I'm on, they said that any information gained through this stuff that's been overturned is no longer admissable in court, so they can't know who you are and this all goes away. Other groups are calling for the RIAA to return the money to the people who settled – the RIAA doesn't need the money, but the people they sued do.
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