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Re: In other words... said by old_wiz_60:the judge caved to the attorneys and is just allowing legalized extortion, regardless of proof. Now that the attorneys know the judge will rule in their favor, they can collect all they want. It's amazing that the federal judges are now just tools for corporations, but I guess it's not really surprising. The time is far past when the judicial system gave a rat's tushie about individual rights. What matters now is how can the judicial system help businesses, which are far more important than stupid citizens. No, the judge is only requiring that USCG inform all those John Doe's of their right to fight the subpoena and having their true name published on the case dockets. This will be very easy for most people to quash. Most people simply have to say that they have an open WiFi that they use, and they are excluded. Also, one need only claim that they wish to be sued in their own district, and they would get dropped, because USCG does not want to pay for 14000 INDIVIDUAL lawsuits. it would be extremly expensive, and extremely time consuming. 14000 individual suits could take centuries to conclude, hence why USCG has lumped them all into a single suit. the EFF need only inform people on how to separate their suit, and if enough people do it, USCG will go under. I believe the EFF need only prove that people that are lumped together have no reasonable connection to each. Unless USCG can prove that ALL 14000 IP address were on AT THE SAME TIME, and CONNECTED TO ALL OTHERS, there is no connection between the 14000 john doe's. |
