good news Verizon Challenges Music Download Decision

[crackerjacker]

hmm read it there
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=716&e=7&u=/ap/20030916/ap_on_hi_te/downloading_music
heh i will post it here
partially
WASHINGTON - An Internet company wants a federal appeals panel to help disarm lawyers for the music industry, blocking them from using special copyright subpoenas in a campaign to track and sue computer users who download songs online.

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sounds good to me

[Malicious Intent]

Its an appeal case, so don't get your hopes up. Judges don't like to undermine eachother, however wrong they were.

In saying that, good luck to them!

[aqlo]

Turn their phones off guys. Make them do everything by mail, then their fraud will be what

Judges love to undermine each other, the ones who are really good at it get to be appeals judges.

[Omyn]

Cross your fingers guys...

The RIAA clogs up the legal system anyway, the nation has more important things to worry about then 12 yr old convicts on the lose.

Finally they might get their priorities straight.

[aqlo]

Here's a link to dub's post
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/09162003a.php

"Isn't is equivalent to my leaving the door to my library open?" Roberts asked. "Somebody could come in and copy my books but that doesn't mean I'm liable for copyright infringement." Go Judge Roberts :gj

[Pebbles100]

Quote:

"Sen. Sam Brownback , R-Kan., said he planned to introduce a bill Tuesday to protect Internet providers from such subpoenas. His proposal would block subpoenas except in pending civil lawsuits or in cases where pirated data files were stored on computers such as Web sites."

If that gets passed, what happens next?

[crackerjacker]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by aqlo
[B]Here's a link to dub's post
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/09162003a.php

heh i posted this here first though :)
then i submitted it as news. not that it matters but i didnt want people to get the indication that i am a spammer.
*although i am * lmao
but really all good n the hood

[shawners]

Sounds to me that they want a cheaper way to file lawsuits and obtain subpoenas.. Rather then the costly, have the judge sign that they must do first is too much to spend.

[aqlo]

*although i am * lmao You're the best, I just crosslinked to quote the Judge. You rule this story!

Here's more content I swiped from Mr King
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5077240.html

The three judges spent little time on Verizon's sweeping claims that the expedited subpoenas could endanger privacy and free speech, instead choosing to examine the minutiae of the DMCA, what Congress intended to say when drafting the law, and whether permitting subpoenas in the absence of a lawsuit agreed with the U.S. Constitution's requirement of an actual "case or controversy." Scott McIntosh, an appellate lawyer with the U.S. Justice Department, assured the court that "we don't think the constitutional questions are substantial ones."

Tuesday's arguments come as scrutiny of the DMCA subpoena process is growing. During a hearing Sept. 9, some senators said they were paying close attention to how it was being used, and Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., has indicated he may introduce a bill on Tuesday to amend the DMCA to immunize Internet service providers from such subpoenas.