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December 19, 2003
Can You Hear Me Now, Biatch?
I am so pleased with today's court decision in favor of Verizon against the RIAA in their peer networking case that I'm going to change cellphone providers at the next opportunity.
The sharply worded ruling, which underscored the role of judges in protecting privacy and civil rights, is a major setback to the record companies in their efforts to stamp out the sharing of copyrighted songs through the Internet. It overturns a decision in a federal district court that allowed the music industry to force the disclosure of individuals simply by submitting subpoenas to a court clerk without winning a judge's approval.
Big ups to Verizon for sticking up for their customers.
Posted by mbowen at December 19, 2003 07:25 PM
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I'm not normally a fan of VZ at all, but this is some nice smackdown back in the face of the RIAA. Fascinating to see a behemoth not want to give up anything and everything without a fight.
Posted by: djspicerack at December 19, 2003 07:36 PM
I am a VZ customer and yes this was great to hear. Of course they are a business, but not a business of turning people in, in violation of there civil rights.
Posted by: Liz at December 20, 2003 02:52 AM