| The RIAA, IP addresses, and evidence |
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In the last few days a collection of opinion articles have circulated on the 'Net, their message summed up as follows: an IP address isn't enough "evidence" to sue someone for downloading copyrighted material," for example. This overemphasizes recent happenings in court and also gives a false impression of what's really going on. Time for a quick trip to the fact-checking department. The RIAA's recent failures in court have indeed taught us something
about the limitations of their approach. The industry bailed on a case
in early July when an
Oklahoma mother stood up to the RIAA
and challenged their evidence of wrongdoing. Faced with the possibility
of losing if the case went to trial, the RIAA motioned to have the case
dismissed, and it was dismissed with prejudice. Ms. Foster, the mother
in question, was declared the "prevailing party" and the RIAA had to
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