Court tells RIAA to take subpoenas somewhere else  

The race is on between file-traders and the RIAA's lawyers to see who can
do more damage to the music labels' bottom line. As of Friday, the RIAA
(Recording Industry Association of America) legal team has captured a
comfortable lead in this contest. A Massachusetts court has sided with two
universities, ruling that the RIAA cannot run a centralized subpoena
sweatshop from Washington D.C. and expect to attack all 50 states. The
court has called on the RIAA to file subpoenas against file-traders in
their respective jurisdictions. This ruling must sting the RIAA. The music
label mob may well have to go back and re-file thousands of subpoenas - a
costly, time-consuming process. ...

Posted on: 8/13/2003 1:08:00 AM  



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