Supreme Court Rejects RIAA Appeal

An anonymous reader submits "Recall that the RIAA originally used to directly send DMCA-laced supoenas to ISPs to obtain information about a P2P user. Then recall how Verizon and other providers balked saying the RIAA had to file John Doe suits first. It ultimately reached SCOTUS, with the RIAA appealing a decision that was in Verizon's favor. SCOTUS has declined to hear the case, effectively casting the Verizon opinion in stone. Wahoo! Part of DMCA shot down!"

yay!

[delta_avi_delta]

And the Lord saw that it was good, and said, "w00t!"

I think this decribes it best

[Prince Vegeta SSJ4]

w00t!

Thank goodness, they chose not to stifle innovation, because the RIAA thinks their product desreves more money.

Whew, for awhile there

[grunt107]

All the 'Nothing to see' messages had me thinking the RIAA had DMCA'd /.

Thankfully, the Supreme Court is at least knocking down the RIAA. Maybe now they'll realize litigating teenagers is actually a money-losing endeavor.

reasoning behind rejecting the appeal

[SKPhoton]

Perhaps, like all of us, the judges are getting tired of the RIAA's "tactics" and want it to shut up and stop whining.

Look at the ratio ;)

[BobSutan]

Chalk one up for the good guys. Good guys: 3 Bad greedy companies: 10,003

"Wahoo! Part of DMCA shot down!"

[demonbug]

I find your lack of respect disturbing, slashdotter... or should I say John Doe #1!?!

Misread summary

[crawdaddy]

I thought it said SCROTUS at first! I wonder if they have any ties to the terrorist organization known as the CLIT.

It's a sad day...

[Anonymous Coward]

...when activist judges use their positions to legislate from the bench and shoot down part of such a patriotic law like the DMCA.

Re:SCOTUS being...

[soulsteal]

Please note that SCOTUS is nothing like scrotum, except when they make decisions that we don't like.

Re:reasoning behind rejecting the appeal

[ackthpt]

Perhaps, like all of us, the judges are getting tired of the RIAA's "tactics" and want it to shut up and stop whining.

They can't hear any whining, they've got their MP3 players cranked up. Rumerhazzit Clarence Thomas listens to Dick Cheney singing.

Re:great!

[Anonymous Coward]

Porn?

I'd make porn.

Re:Misread summary

[Enrico Pulatzo]

not as often as they'd like...

Re:Good

[kfg]

People should start suing *them*.

Q: What do you need when you've just shot down part of the DMCA?

A: More bullets

KFG

Not to quote Van Halen songs, but

[Mr. Cancelled]

There'll be dancing, Dancing in the streets...

Re:yay!

[delta_avi_delta]

but it's so comfy in here - it's bigger than my apartment :)

Re:SCOTUS being...

[value_added]

The Supreme Court of USA for those of you who (like me) didn't have a clue at first.

AKA (in casual parlance) "The Supremes" whose work is available for free [findlaw.com].

Not to be confused with The Supremes(TM) whose works are not so free or so easily available for download.

Re:Next stop: Thousands of lawsuits against John D

[TiggertheMad]

well, unless they figure out how to have a bot produce lawsuits...

Bots...Producing...lawsuits...hmmmmm...SHEER GEINUS!

I think I have just hit upon the mysterious solution to step number 3 that has eluded many business plans over the last few years...