Golden rule when you are a plaintiff lawyer in such a suit - always ask for
far, far more (their proprietory video codecs and such)
You will get just about what you expected to get, with your more absurd
claims dismissed
Ask for what you expected and you will probably get a lot of it struck out
on appeal from the defendant
srs
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> Of Sumant Srivathsan
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 10:06 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [silk] google email anonymity
>
> >
> > It is simple. Saves them a LOT of time if they cross reference logins,
> > profile email addresses etc.
>
>
> How does this help Viacom prove that more copyrighted (and illegally
> uploaded) content is being watched on YouTube than original user-
> generated
> content? All they really need is the number of views that each video on
> YouTube received. The rest is fluff, unless they try to identify users
> (even
> if they don't target them right away).
>
> There have been a few fun cases where RIAA subpoenas have been sent to
> IPs
> > that were actually permanently assigned to a university laser printer
> > (duke? tufts?)
>
>
> Sure, but there are plenty of cases where people aren't laughing about
> it.
> Even RIAA, MPAA and their ilk are not going to be stupid forever.
>
> --
> Sumant Srivathsan
> sumants.blogspot.com
