High Court Rejects Recording Industry's P2P Appeal

"The Internet in and of itself is based on peer-to-peer technology, and copyright infringement goes on all day on the Web," said P2P insider Wayne Rosso regarding the Supreme Court appeal. "What should we do -- filter the Internet?"


The U.S. Supreme Court today chose not to hear an appeal from the recording and film industries regarding file sharing.

The Recording Industry Association of America had invoked copyright law in an attempt to force ISPs such as Verizon (NYSE: VZ) to hand over the names of customers who might be swapping protected songs.

Verizon argued that the RIAA must file a formal lawsuit to get customer names. A year ago a federal appeals court sided with Verizon, insisting that the RIAA must file anonymous "John Doe" lawsuits to get customer names.

Today's high court move lets that ruling stand. The justices offered no comment on the case.

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