8th Circuit says No to RIAA
p2pnet.net News:- The Big Music record label cartel has suffered another resounding defeat.
Its RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) wanted a rehearing of the US Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit ruling that the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) doesn’t authorize the issuing of subpoenas to ISPs that, “act as mere conduits for the unauthorized transmission of copyrighted works,” says a BNA report.
An adverse ruling in Recording Industry Ass’n of Am. v. Verizon Internet forced the cartel-owned organization to abandon its use of the controversial DMCA subpoena provision and instead file John Doe lawsuits against file sharers.
It tried, and failed, to have the decision over-turned in Recording Industry Ass’n of Am. v. Charter Communications.
Now, the 8th Circuit has denied a rehearing en banc, as well as before the original panel, of its ruling invalidating pre-suit subpoenas which would help the RIAA ferret out information on alleged unauthorised file-sharers, says the BNA.
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See:-
BNA – Rehearing Denied in Charter Communications, April 14, 2005
April 15th, 2005 at 2:50 pm
Well what does this mean for file-sharing?
April 15th, 2005 at 8:30 pm
for file-sharing it means nothing. they are still going to come after file-sharers, software makers, and whoever they can think of. The Riaa is also still able to ask an ISP for the information but, the Riaa does not have the power to take what it wants without approval from a judge first. i guess that legal threats could still persuade a particular ISP to give up information.
April 15th, 2005 at 9:48 pm
STUPID RIAA!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
April 16th, 2005 at 1:32 am
The RIAA is not stupid.
You could cure stupidity…
How about clueless gimps?
April 16th, 2005 at 4:32 am
Cure Stupidity? HOW?! I have only seen cures involving mass genecide. Oh well, i suppose that will have to do. /me takes the warnings off of sharp things and waits for the problem to solve itself.
April 16th, 2005 at 1:57 pm
Anything that causes the RI ASS. of America difficulties is good news for humanity.
We have always (the mass public being the we) copied movies and cd’s off tv, friends etc. Now these morons are trying to use the digital age to bring on strict controls. Allowing them this will only mean corporations will control the world, not goverments one day.
I say (insert favourite expletive) to both the RIAA, MPAA, BPI and all the other pen pushing penny pitching criminals out there.
Maybe we should sue them all for snooping on our links without gaining prior permission as a invasion of our privacy.
April 18th, 2005 at 6:27 pm
” Maybe we should sue them all for snooping on our links without gaining prior permission as a invasion of our privacy. ”
Now i would not go that far.
The riaa will still be able to sue people.
THE RIAA ‘S CASE IN THE SURPREME COURT WILL PROBABLY GET THROWN OUT BUT THEY WILL STILL BE ABLE TO SUE PEOPLE.
That is not going to change.
You know i have a limewire downloading program in which i don’t have the time to be sued because during the week i have a JOB (full time paid employment)to go to.
I have every possible movie copying program including slysoft and dvd shrink and dvd decrypter and i back up everything that i own and i don’t anything like THAT online.
My adage is WHATEVER THEY DON’T KNOW WON’T HURT THEM.
The mpaa and the riaa can KISS MY ASS.