Stanford CIS

RIAA gets $22M default judgment against “brazen and egregious” MP3 website

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"Cooke's order binding the domain registrars, who were not parties to the case, claims authority to do so based on the All Writs Act—the same short law that's now part of the national debate over a court order issued to Apple in a high-profile terrorism case. The act is increasingly being used by copyright owners to exert authority over third-party Internet "intermediaries" like domain registrars, advertisers, and search engines, according to a forthcoming paper by University of Idaho law professor Annemarie Bridy."