Massachusetts Court Stops RIAA Juggernaut

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 14:29:54 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Joseph Lorenzo Hall <jhall () astron berkeley edu>
> Subject: Massachusetts Court Stops RIAA Juggernaut
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> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
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> http://www.eff.org/news/breaking/archives/2003_08.php#000397
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> A Massachusetts district court blocked the Recording Industry
> Association of America (RIAA) from using a single court in Washington,
> D.C., to issue subpoenas for Massachusetts students' identities. "The
> court rejected the RIAA's bald-faced attempt to use a single D.C.
> court ruling to steamroller Internet users' privacy nationwide," said
> EFF staff attorney Wendy Seltzer. "This ruling confirms that Due
> Process continues to apply, even on the Internet, and we hope other
> colleges and ISPs will take similar steps."
>
> District Judge Joseph Tauro granted MIT and Boston College motions to
> quash RIAA subpoenas demanding identities of students on the
> university networks.
>
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> Joseph Lorenzo Hall
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