20110505

IP-Address Is Not a Person, BitTorrent Case Judge Says

I'm not a number, I'm a free man :D

 
 

Sent to you by diluted via Google Reader:

 
 

via OSNews by donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) on 5/3/11

"A possible landmark ruling in one of the mass-BitTorrent lawsuits in the U.S. may spell the end of the 'pay-up-or-else-schemes' that have targeted over 100,000 Internet users in the last year. District Court Judge Harold Baker has denied a copyright holder the right to subpoena the ISPs of alleged copyright infringers, because an IP-address does not equal a person."

 
 

Things you can do from here:

 
 

No comments: