In Arista v. Does 1-16, the appeal from the lower court's rulings has been set down for argument in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, on Friday, November 20th, on the 2:00 P.M. calendar (pdf).
The courthouse is located at 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York, and its proceedings are open to the public.
Briefs:
Brief of Appellant
Appellees' Brief
Appellant's Reply Brief
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Case against SUNY Albany students to be argued in 2d Circuit Fri Nov 20th
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"The only purpose of these Doe suits is to provide a vehicle to issue a subpoena to the ISP to force them to disclose the identities of the subscribers (or students) who actually pay for or use the internet connection."
ReplyDeleteWhile the following sentences there after explains the "it's your computer" problem, future usage of this sentence might read better as "..to disclose the identities of the subscribers (or students) who actually pay for or register for the internet connection." since the university (just like any domestic household ISP does also NOT know who of the students actually "USES the connection".
(just my unimportant thought when I was reading Mr. Altman's brief and imagine myself into the position of an unnamed disingenous female HRO lawer who might want to disingenuously argue that universities could identify infringers given Mr. Altman's concession that they disclose identities of USERS[which they do not]).
Cheers A_F
Looks like Mr. Altman has ripped apart the filth that the RIAA spews out. I only hope the Courts see it this way.
ReplyDeleteGo Mr. Altman, Go!
WHAT IF ANY WAS THE OUTCOME? DID THE RIAA ONCE AGAIN PROVE THAT MONEY CONQUERS ALL?
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