The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) does not have the authority under U.S. law to subpoena the names of alleged peer-to-peer file traders from ISPs (Internet service providers), a federal appellate court ruled today. The judge went so far as to say that the fact that they were allowed to subpoena “borders on the silly”.

*Enter the sound of 5 million people logging onto Kazaa*

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