U.S. court nixes Net music subpoenas

[korkus2000]

[cnn.com...]

A U.S. appeals court said Friday the recording industry's methods for tracking down those who copy its music over the Internet are not authorized by law.

[chadmg]

the people who have already settled should get their money back plus some for their troubles.

[hannamyluv]

While it's a good thing, I don't think it will slow them down much. It just means that they can't get a name until they file a formal lawsuit.

They were talking about it on NPR tonight. The only thing that is really holding them back on that is they won't know if the person they are suing is sympathetic or not. As in, wouldn't they look really bad if they went after someone who turned out to be a straight A, collegebound, ghetto kid who was downloading because the money from his/her part time job went to help pay the rent. They would look really bad then.

But overall, this way is better. It keeps it from being under the table so that they can't abuse their power.

I believe the ruling also stated that PtoP is not covered in the millenium copyright act.