JBeukema Rookie Apr 23, 2009 25,613 1,749 0 everywhere and nowhere May 4, 2011 Banned #1 A possible landmark ruling in one of the mass-BitTorrent lawsuits in the U.S. may spell the end of the pay-up-or-else-schemes that have targeted over 100,000 Internet users in the last year. District Court Judge Harold Baker has denied a copyright holder the right to subpoena the ISPs of alleged copyright infringers, because an IP-address does not equal a person.
A possible landmark ruling in one of the mass-BitTorrent lawsuits in the U.S. may spell the end of the pay-up-or-else-schemes that have targeted over 100,000 Internet users in the last year. District Court Judge Harold Baker has denied a copyright holder the right to subpoena the ISPs of alleged copyright infringers, because an IP-address does not equal a person.