The music industry lost its quest Thursday to curb online file-sharing when an attempt to smoke out the identities of 29 alleged uploaders was quashed by the Federal Court of Appeal. (full story)
Okay, not so fast. Once you get past the giddiness of the opening paragraph you encounter such terrifying stuff like, ?The 27-page decision gives the Canadian Recording Industry Association a roadmap of how to present file-sharing evidence in future attempts to stop rampant music swapping.? It kind of makes you wonder what the RIAA is gonna do with that Grokster decision if things don?t go their way.
Yeah, I understand they are two totally unrelated cases about file-sharing but the idea that the RIAA would use info gleaned from each loss to bolster future cases kind of creeps me out.
It’s sort of like that Terminator that can change shape and adapt to become a more efficient killing machine. Only way less sexy.