Mirror,mirror off the wall...
I've placed the decision here:
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/verizon.riaa.decision.012103.pdf ---
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-981449.html RIAA wins battle to ID Kazaa user
By Declan McCullagh January 21, 2003, 12:02 PM PT A federal judge on
Tuesday ordered Verizon Communications to disclose the identity of an
alleged peer-to-peer pirate in a legal decision that could make it easier
for the music industry to crack down on file-swapping networks. In a
37-page decision, U.S. District Judge John Bates said the wording of the
1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act requires Verizon to give the
Recording Industry Association of America the name of a Kazaa subscriber
who allegedly was sharing more than 600 music recordings. Bates said "the
court disagrees with Verizon's strained reading of the act, which
disregards entirely the clear definitional language." END.
http://www.politechbot.com/p-04344.html
I know my kneejerk reaction was to call for Judge Bates APstering with
extreme prejudice but in this case,I want to extend my mp3 collection as I
have a new HDD.
