Judge Prevents 23,322 Filesharing Does From Being Sued For Now 199
An anonymous reader writes "The Judge overseeing the US Copyright Group's lawsuit against 23,000 individuals sharing 'The Expendables' has shut the door on progress. In a ruling made yesterday, the judge has ordered the US Copyright Group to show cause as to how all 23,322 fall under his Court's jurisdiction. Considering the US Copyright Group's failure in the past to show cause on jurisdiction, this could be the beginning of the end."
Re:I Can Has Subject Title? (Score:5, Informative)
Ridiculous (Score:3, Informative)
Re:I Can Has Subject Title? (Score:5, Informative)
Doe, a deer, a female deer.
Deer are notorious for running file sharing software, it's actually what got Bambi killed.
Re:What is the the Copyrights holders solution (Score:5, Informative)
They can get past this step, if they do the legwork necessary.
The problem, as the judge sees, is that the rightsholders take every IP address, regardless of where it's located, and sue them all in one court, in order to get subscriber details from the ISPs involved. Well, the judge is basically saying, and rightfully, I would think, that someone who lives in North Carolina shouldn't be sued anonymously in California, just because the USCG has a buttload of lawsuits to file.
Basically, the USCG is trying to save money by filing all lawsuits together, rather than in the appropriate courts. The judge is saying they can't do this.
Crossley declaired bankrupt (Score:5, Informative)
Pertinent to the story, just spotted this in the news:
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/367885/acs-law-solicitor-is-bankrupt [pcpro.co.uk]
Blackmailing filesharers didn't turn out to be the money-spinner he anticipated it to be...
Re:What is the the Copyrights holders solution (Score:4, Informative)
>They can get past this step, if they do the legwork necessary.
The thing is, they can't.
Because the court also vacated discovery. No more discovery. That's it. No more subpoenas will be written trying to attach an IP to a name.
They have to work with what they've got. Which ain't much. This dooms USCG, which I hate to type because it's also the initials for a worthwhile institution called the US Coast Guard
US Copyright Group was just told to go suck on lemons by the court.
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BMO
Re:What is the the Copyrights holders solution (Score:5, Informative)
The thing is, they can't.
Sure they can.
1. Run IPs through a geo-ip database.
2. File suits in the proper courts for each of the general locations indicated.
3. File subpoena for each case to the relevant ISP(s) for the accounts for each IP.
It's just work they don't want to do.