Subj : Court tells RIAA to...
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From : August Abolins
Date : Thu Aug 14 2003 03:16 pm

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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