California Judge Denies Discovery In Bittorrent Case 100
New submitter PhxBeau writes with news of a particularly sane judge in a copyright case. Quoting TorrentFreak: "In yet another mass lawsuit against alleged file-sharers, a California court has said that while it's sympathetic towards the plight of the copyright holder, it will not assist in the identification of BitTorrent users. It's a shame technology that enables infringement has outpaced technology that prevents it, the judge wrote, but added that his court won't work with copyright holders who pursue settlement programs with no intention to litigate."
The core issue is that an IP does not identify more than the bill-payer — the good cause standard therefore is not met because the actual infringer is not identified.
Re:IP does not identify more than the bill player (Score:2, Funny)
should I go to jail and pay thousands of dollars because of it?
You don't need to go to jail AND pay thousands of dollars. It's enough if you just pay.