[TAG] [Fwd:] In RI federal court -- Harvard vs. the RIAA

[Jimmy O'Regan]

2008/12/16 Jimmy O'Regan <joregan at gmail.com>:
> 2008/12/16 Ben Okopnik <ben at linuxgazette.net>:
>> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 02:44:42PM +0000, Jimmy O'Regan wrote:
>>> 2008/12/16 Ben Okopnik <ben at linuxgazette.net>:
>>> >
>>> > RIAA is simply carrying on a long and honorable tradition. I mean,
>>> > really - why would you expect them to surrender their most basic,
>>> > inalienable rights? _Ius_primae_noctis_, chiefage, _corvee_, tallage...

And this just in, from Slashdot:
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/16/0015248&from=rss

"In one of its 'ex parte' cases seeking the names and addresses of
'John Does,' this one targeting students at the University of Southern
California, the RIAA obtained an order granting discovery ? but with a
wrinkle. The judge's order
(http://beckermanlegal.com/pdf/?file=/Lawyer_Copyright_Internet_Law/motown_doe_081006OrderGrantDiscoveryInjunctiveOnly.pdf)
specified that the information obtained could not be used for any
purpose other than obtaining injunctions
(http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2008_12_01_archive.html#2945347892160815508)
against the students. Apparently the RIAA lawyers have ignored, or
failed to understand, that limitation, as an LA lawyer has reported
that the RIAA is busy calling up the USC students
(http://laist.com/2008/12/15/record_companies_threaten_to_sue_us.php)
and their families and demanding monetary settlements."