Netherlands Appeals Court Rules for Consumers
The Netherlands District Court of Utrecht affirmed the judge's decision in Foundation v. UPC Nederland. The court held that the entertainment industry's evidence in the form of reports generated by RIAA agents on file sharing use was weak and insufficient to request ISPs to provide subscriber information.
Ray Beckerman, a prominent U.S. attorney representing RIAA defendants, said:
"The courts of the Netherlands and Canada continue to be ahead of those in the United States.
"In the United States the RIAA's ex parte discovery orders are routinely being granted by the judges, based on a sham 'evidentiary' basis.
"I can't wait for our courts to finally start scrutinizing the RIAA's tactics with the care and thoughtfulness exhibited by the courts of the Netherlands and Canada.
March 29th, 2007 at 11:48 am
All deep things are song. It seems somehow the very central essence of us, song; as if all the rest were but wrappages and hulls!If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:02 am
As you all know, The Digital Music Weblog is retiring as of today. The blog will continue to exist as a searchable archive. Grant and Gordon, who have written so splendidly in this space, are staying in the network.
Whenever we make a change, there is some disappointment among readers, and sadness for everyone — including those of us involved in decision-making. We take it all seriously; nothing about this is capricious. TDMW has lived close to our hearts, and especially close to mine.