Judge Rules BitTorrent Cases Must Be Tried Separately 60
PhrostyMcByte writes: "TorrentFreak reports that Federal Judge Stephanie Rose recently put a thorn in the plans of copyright holders hoping to file cheap mass-lawsuits against alleged pirates. Rejecting all but one Doe for such a lawsuit, Rose's order mentions that the plaintiffs have failed to demonstrate the five Does in the case were a part of the same 'transaction' needed to be tried together, with an uncommon understanding of BitTorrent showing that '... even in all five cases where Doe defendants allegedly have "hit dates" on the same day and close in time, there is no showing that the earlier defendants were still connected to the Internet and actively distributing data through the BitTorrent client at the same time as the later defendants.'"
Re:Well thats a first (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Well thats a first (Score:4, Funny)
If only they pulled them out of the air. They actually pull them out of their asses.
After all this time, you'd think they'd need a new ass.
Re:Looking at this another way... (Score:5, Funny)
While I have a well earned disdain for lawyers, I see nothing wrong with having 4 lawyers and a judge entangled in a meaningless duel until they all die.
From the specifics of this story, I do want the defense attorneys to win the vast majority of similar cases, but anything that keeps more of the feral lawyer population away from defenseless civilians is a good thing in my mind. My apologies to those who will be caught up as defendants in this nonsense, but remember that your suffering in the company of these creatures is time that they won't be threatening others with their cancerous philosophy.
Oh, sure, it's quite comfy under this bus. Come join us.
Re:Looking at this another way... (Score:5, Funny)
This judge just assured himself and his lawyer friends of income for the rest of their lives...
Since the summary specifically says 'Federal Judge Stephanie Rose', are you assuming the first payments will be going towards gender-reassignment surgery?
That's a relief. (Score:4, Funny)
I was really wanting to get more Linux ISOs for my collection!
Re:Well thats a first (Score:4, Funny)
Maybe this will be the judge to finally rip them a new one.