Post by Clump on Dec 22, 2003 0:20:37 GMT -5
"WASHINGTON
A federal appeals court ruled Friday the recording industry can’t force Internet providers to identify subscribers swapping music online, dramatically setting back the industry’s anti-piracy campaign.
The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia overturned a trial judge’s ruling that enforced a type of copyright subpoena under a law that predated the music-swapping trend.
It’s an incredible ruling, a blow for the little guy,” said Bob Barnes, a grandfather in Fresno, Calif., who was targeted by one of the earliest subpoenas from the Recording Industry Association of America but isn’t among the hundreds who have been sued so far.
The ruling does not make it legal to distribute music over the Internet, but it removes one of the most effective tools used by the recording industry to track such activity and sue downloaders."
A federal appeals court ruled Friday the recording industry can’t force Internet providers to identify subscribers swapping music online, dramatically setting back the industry’s anti-piracy campaign.
The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia overturned a trial judge’s ruling that enforced a type of copyright subpoena under a law that predated the music-swapping trend.
It’s an incredible ruling, a blow for the little guy,” said Bob Barnes, a grandfather in Fresno, Calif., who was targeted by one of the earliest subpoenas from the Recording Industry Association of America but isn’t among the hundreds who have been sued so far.
The ruling does not make it legal to distribute music over the Internet, but it removes one of the most effective tools used by the recording industry to track such activity and sue downloaders."
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www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3758771/
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news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3335063.stm
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