Last week Judge Howell in DC, handed copyright trolls a big victory in their spamigation business model. The Judge ruled that the reverse class action model is alright, at least provisionally, for copyright holders to use the subpoena process to identify individuals responsible for copyright infringement. This has been the cause of much consternation in the bit torrent world.
However, the Judge's decision was probably correct on the issues presented to her. It is important to remember that she is ruling in a case without any actual Defendant. So, to the extent that the EFF and ACLU put forward arguments relating to personal jurisdiction and the first amendment, those will have to wait until one of these cowardly copyright trolls actually files a lawsuit against a real person.
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