Windows Phone Thoughts: Judge Rules Verizon Must Give RIAA the Name of Mega-Music Downloader

"The recording industry can get its hands on the name of an Internet user who downloaded more than 600 songs in a single day, a federal judge has ruled. Judge John D. Bates of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday ordered Verizon Internet Services to turn over the name of one of its customers to the Recording Industry Association of America. The ruling is a victory for the record companies in their fight to control how music is downloaded from the Internet."

This should be a bit sobering for those of us that use file sharing services - the DCMA is a big bat, and the RIAA is swinging it around seeing who they can hit. Ouch!