IP addresses have real uses when it comes to identifying Internet activity, but they work best when paired with targeted investigation rather than as “spray-and-pray” shotgun-style federal litigation. Case in point: The Hurt Locker lawsuit, in which film producers Voltage Pictures have partnered with Virginia lawyers Dunlap, Grubb, and Weaver to pursue thousands of file-sharers who allegedly exchanged copies of the movie. The case has ground on for more than a year already, and the DC District Court’s docket is absolutely stuffed with letters from across the country, many claiming total innocence.
The letters have all fallen on the deaf ears of Beryl Howell, the RIAA lobbyist-turned-federal-judge who took over the case several months back. Howell has consistently denied these objections, saying that the only proper time to make them is later in the case after defendants have been individually named.
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