Judge Slows MPAA File-Trading Suits

MythicaL · Nov 25, 2004, 08:38 AM

A California judge has slowed Hollywood's pursuit of file swappers, saying the movie studios have improperly bundled too many separate cases together

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) last week launched a legal attack that borrowed the record industry's strategy of targeting individual file swappers. As in the case of the record labels, the suits were filed against a range of anonymous "John Does," with names to be added after a court-supported investigation process plays out.

Late last week, Judge William Alsup said the MPAA had not shown good reason to bundle together 12 separate cases. He allowed the first of the suits to go ahead to a discovery process, in which the identity of the alleged file swapper will be requested from Internet service provider Pacific Bell, but he put the other 11 cases on hold.

The order was praised by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an online civil liberties group that has been a consistent critic of the recording industry's and movie studios' legal strategies against file swappers.

Read More: CNET News

Captain EBD · Nov 25, 2004, 08:44 AM

MPAA and RIAA and any other services ending with "AA" can suck my @%*! [FCC-CENSORED]...

Nov 25, 2004, 08:38 AM	#1
MythicaL I like computers. Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In front of a monitor Posts: 3,399 Rep Power: 87 System Specs	Judge Slows MPAA File-Trading Suits A California judge has slowed Hollywood's pursuit of file swappers, saying the movie studios have improperly bundled too many separate cases together The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) last week launched a legal attack that borrowed the record industry's strategy of targeting individual file swappers. As in the case of the record labels, the suits were filed against a range of anonymous "John Does," with names to be added after a court-supported investigation process plays out. Late last week, Judge William Alsup said the MPAA had not shown good reason to bundle together 12 separate cases. He allowed the first of the suits to go ahead to a discovery process, in which the identity of the alleged file swapper will be requested from Internet service provider Pacific Bell, but he put the other 11 cases on hold. The order was praised by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an online civil liberties group that has been a consistent critic of the recording industry's and movie studios' legal strategies against file swappers. Read More: CNET News __________________ Always knew I didn't belong in this world. I wasn't made for this. But I'll never forget those who betrayed me, and those who never failed my trust.

Nov 25, 2004, 08:44 AM	#2
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