RIAA vs. Verizon – The Circuit Court of Appeals Trims the RIAA’s DMCA Wings – There was a case decided on Friday by a federal appeals court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, that is so significant in its implications, at least to my reading, that I thought it worthwhile to explain it in detail. This is the second case I’ve seen now where someone tried to use the DMCA for a purpose not intended by the legislators and in both cases it has now failed. Verizon brought a Motion to Quash in the RIAA v. Verizon case, and the order Friday granted Verizon’s motion. [Groklaw]
One of the best points raised by this author is:
It isn’t every day you read a judge write that a party’s argument “borders upon the silly“, but that is exactly how the judge here characterized one of the RIAA’s arguments. In short, he wasn’t even close to being persuaded, despite recognizing what he viewed as the seriousness of the situation faced by the RIAA in trying to stop file trading.
RIAA Suffers Setback
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RIAA vs. Verizon – The Circuit Court of Appeals Trims the RIAA’s DMCA Wings – There was a case decided on Friday by a federal appeals court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, that is so significant in its implications, at least to my reading, that I thought it worthwhile to explain it in detail. This is the second case I’ve seen now where someone tried to use the DMCA for a purpose not intended by the legislators and in both cases it has now failed. Verizon brought a Motion to Quash in the RIAA v. Verizon case, and the order Friday granted Verizon’s motion. [Groklaw]
One of the best points raised by this author is: