Source: http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2010/03/
Timestamp: 2019-04-19 22:34:59+00:00

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According to a a report in THR, Esq. a new wave of tens of thousands of lawsuits has been commenced by the alleged owners of copyrights in films made by non-major studios. The complaint in Achte/Neunte v. Does 1-2094 was filed on March 18, 2010, in the District of Columbia. It appears that the new cases are employing the very same tactics used by the RIAA in illegally joining large numbers of John Does in the same case, and moving ex parte (without notice) for discovery. It appears that the new cases are based on BitTorrent, rather than Gnutella, or FastTrack, protocols of file sharing.
The ex parte discovery motion was granted on March 22nd.
The Court's order provides that a motion to quash must be made within 30 days of service of the subpoena on the ISP, but makes no provision for how, when, or even whether the ISP is to give notice to its customers. I.e., under the order, the requested information can be divulged to plaintiff before the customer even learns that there is a subpoena.
According to the declaration submitted in support of the ex parte motion, the plaintiff's evidence is "proprietary".
In SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, the Court has assessed $2249 in attorneys fees against the defendant and his attorney Professor Charles Nesson, in connection with plaintiffs' motion to compel production.
The motions by Viacom and YouTube for summary judgment, in Viacom v. YouTube, have been unsealed.
The arguments of the parties are summarized in their memoranda of law.
In Viacom v. YouTube , the parties are making partial summary judgment motions on the applicability of the DMCA to YouTube.
The Court has initially permitted the parties to file their documents under seal.
the Court has issued an order which "restates that defendant's request for attorney's fees and costs is denied"
In Capitol Records v. Thomas-Rasset, the trial has been scheduled for October 4th.
This will be the third trial in the matter, the first verdict having been overturned due to an incorrect jury instruction, the second having been overturned due to the unreasonableness of the size of the award. This trial will relate only to the measure of damages.
In UMG Recordings v. Lindor, the RIAA has filed a letter opposing defendant's request for (a) a 'memorandum endorsed' order precluding an attorneys fee motion under the Copyright Act or , in the alternative (b) a pre-motion conference for an attorneys fees motion.

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