This is forwarded from the cyberia-l list; looks like the judge has done the right thing (or at least for this phase) by allowing the Rio MP3 player to be shipped. Yeah!

Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 03:29:39 -0400 Sender: Law & Policy of Computer Communications <CYBERIA-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM> From: Michael Sims <jellicle@INCH.COM> Subject: Rio goes to market

http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/10/cyber/articles/27rio.html http://www.mp3.com/news/116.html http://www.mp3.com/news/117.html

The Judge in the Diamond Multimedia/RIAA lawsuit declines to extend her earlier order barring the shipment of the Rio device.

"However, in the 18 page ruling handed down today, Judge Collins found that the plaintiff did not demonstrate a causal relationship between the Rio and unauthorized copying. Furthermore, she found that the Rio did not violate the AHRA in such a way as to warrant an injunction."

-- Michael Sims The Censorware Project http://censorware.org He who breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of wisdom. Or is well on the way to becoming an engineer.

Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639