New motion in RIAA p2p lawsuits

[Jared Moya]

If a new "John Doe" motion in the Big Four Organized Music cartel sue 'em all campaign succeeds, it could mean the end the cartel's RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) practice of trying to sue people en masse in p2p file sharing cases.


 " 'John Doe' Brings Motion in New York to Sever & Dismiss as to Does 2-25 and to Quash Subpoena," says the headline to a post on Recording Industry vs The People, going on.  "Another 'John Doe' - residing in the Midwest but sued in New York City - has made a motion to quash the subpoena served upon his ISP, in Atlantic Records v. Does 1-25.


 "In addition, he has moved to dismiss the action as to John Does 2-25 on the ground that they were improperly joined in the case under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and settled caselaw."

Read the complete article (http://p2pnet.net/story/7185/)

[Ne007]

" 'John Doe' Brings Motion in New York to Sever & Dismiss as to Does 2-25 and to Quash Subpoena," says the headline to a post on Recording Industry vs The People, going on.

Satan cast out Satan....don't think so.

[Signa]

i dont know if it my lack of legal jargon, but im having a hard time understanding this artible and what it means

[icebox]

The motion and it's success are not important, even though I think it will be successful. Best case scenario for defendants is that it will be more expensive to file 25 suits, but probably not by all that much. They will refile. The filing fee is a whopping $150; the 25 subpoenas to the ISP can be served together, the papers will be cut and paste. So long as they continue to extract settlements and so long as they don't lose cases on the merits, these will continue. You forget these are scare tactics. So long as the suits scare people , it will be worth it to the RIAA.