Copyright Law

In new cases targeting Yale and U. Conn. students, Judge Atherton grants discovery but sua sponte severs misjoined John Does

By Ty Rogers and Ray Beckerman

In two new "John Doe" cases in Connecticut, one targeting students at Yale, the other students at the University of Connecticut, District Judge Janet Bond Atherton has granted the RIAA's ex parte motion for discovery of the identities of the students, but sua sponte severed as to all John Does except John Doe #1.

December 9, 2008, decision, granting ex parte discovery motion, and sua sponte severing as to all John Does other than John Doe #1

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Full post as published by Recording Industry vs The People on December 16, 2008 (boomark / email).