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Links: Boston Judge Quashes RIAA Subpoenas
Posted by Ren Bucholz on Friday, August 08 @ 16:34:39 EDT File Sharing
The RIAA's subpoena tsunami hit a snag today as District Court Judge Joseph Tauro quashed two requests for student information. EFF writes:
A Massachusetts district court blocked the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) from using a single court in Washington, D.C., to issue subpoenas for Massachusetts students' identities. "The court rejected the RIAA's bald-faced attempt to use a single D.C. court ruling to steamroller Internet users' privacy nationwide," said EFF staff attorney Wendy Seltzer. "This ruling confirms that Due Process continues to apply, even on the Internet, and we hope other colleges and ISPs will take similar steps."
A recent news story pegged the RIAA's legal tab for 2002 at $16 million (not including legal expenses of member labels) over $9.5 million in profits from prosecuting pirates. That calculus is likely to shift even further into the red if they're unable to file all of their thousands of end-user lawsuits suits in a single court. Orders to quash available here and here.
 
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