Excuse my lack of understanding but why is Malibu Media interested in acquiring such info? What would they do with it once acquired? Somebody please fill me in. Thanks.

it also reinforces what everyone was saying about how this system would be abused, but how the idiot in charge of the new 6 strikes enforcement denied it all. it also shows that regardless of what a company says, using this post as an example, they have no information that can be used against someone, relying only on an accusation being backed by the courts. now they are able to take other companies to court to get information that those other companies MIGHT have so they can sue. i assume the other companies, however, will get nothing out of the case, even though there would be no case without them. if they are compelled by the courts to hand over information, they should then charge whatever the court gives in settlement, so the original company still ends up with nothing! just read as well where a guy running a proxie site has had his bank accounts seized by BREIN and his paypal account shut down as well. he hadn’t payed fines apparently, but i cant see how BREIN has the authority to send in the bailiffs without a court order. they are also trying to get proxie sites shut and anyone running one from being prevented from starting another one up! this stuff is getting worse!

Which have been used at trial for decades. Same thing. You fanboys still haven’t grasped that the information society has evil applications. Just think what a subpoena to Google for all records of where a given IP has visited might turn up about your piratey habits.

But I DON’T endorse the tactics of MM: in my opinion, ALL cases filed should go to jury trial; juries have the power to decide what the law is and whether it’s properly applied, to dislike and decide against the plaintiff on Populist grounds, and perhaps even to sanction the plaintiff directly. Of course, that’d clog the courts, empower citizens, and some justice might get done, so lawyers are under great pressure by their guild to avoid jury trials.

[And I think Mike is hoping this is the replacement for trivial and dull Prenda Law in his “At The Bench” series.]

i know the entertainment industries would love it, but i really can see the internet becoming something that only the rich can use, simply because, regardless of what all these ISPs and government agencies say about getting faster and more stable broadband operating, there are more companies and industries trying to stop the whole shebang!! given how the governments are in the pockets of big business, i can see which side will win!