RIAA throws in the towel
Inqnib
Case dismissed
Friday, 9 January 2009, 14:22
THE MUSIC MAFIAA gave up on one of its oppressive copyright infringement lawsuits the other day by requesting dismissal of Atlantic Recording v Brennan in a Connecticut federal court.
The defendant never even had to appear in court, because the judge denied the RIAA's two motions for default judgment on the grounds that merely "making [the copyrighted works] available for distribution" - without proof of actual distribution - does not establish that any copyright infringement was committed.
Although this does not set precedent, nonetheless it is a landmark case that likely sets the high-water mark for RIAA lawsuits against individuals for alleged copyright infringement. µ
L'Inq
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A judge with common sense ????
OMG the end is nigh!!!
Well, it was about time.
I would much like somebody to tell me how RIAA gained the evidence needed to sue the "infrigers", and why the court accepted them. They can either do this by 1)Making your ISP co-operate in watching you (hope they make this clear in the contract) 2)Spy on your machine or 3)Take part in the illegal distribution game, by illegally distributing their own content and see you downloads it (yes, they do this).
All of these, of course, if you live in DMCAland, where the property of music companies is above any god or privacy right.
Anyway, it's our fault, for not caring about protecting our privacy, with encryptions and proxies. Then, they would have zero evidence and we would be the winners.