RIAA's days are numbered

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070926-judge-quashes-two-riaa-subpoenas-against-florida-students.html

FTA: "A Florida lawyer convinced a judge yesterday to quash several RIAA subpoenas directed against anonymous University of South Florida students. The subpoenas, which use the secretive ex parte discovery process, were shot down by the judge on narrow technical grounds that seem limited to this particular case. Still, attorney Michael Wasylik tells Ars that his victory still matters because it shows that RIAA attorneys "have to obey the rules" when they use the court system. "

Finally people are starting to recognize that the ex parte (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_parte) subpoenas are wrong, plain and simple. You can't just throw around subpoenas because you 'think' people are sharing music, of which is debatably illegal - sharing music, files, or anything under any kind of copywright.

Which brings me to my next point of what exactly is 'Fair Use' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use_%28US_trademark_law%29) and why can't they see that if you aren't making any money off of something, then you aren't breaking the 'Fair Use" clause.

It will be a joyous day when the big record labels have to stop trying to force us how to listen/watch, when to listen/watch, and on what device to listen/watch whatever we want.

As anyone from Digg.com can attest to, FUCK THE RIAA.

jOts