Two Important Court Decisions Today
News outlets are reporting that the Dutch Supreme Court ruled today that Kazaa cannot be held liable for copyright infringement for files swapped using its software. Read Reuters and/or the Associated Press
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decided that since Verizon is only “a conduit for communications,” it does not have to release the names of two users as requested by subpeonas from the Recording Industry Association of American (RIAA). Read more on John Palfrey’s blog or the opinion (in .pdf).
