RIAA Lobbyist Turned Judge Backpedals On BitTorrent Cases

How hard is it to get a judge that doesn't have ties to the music/movie industry? Seriously? Wasn't this a problem in the TPB case a while back?

In the ongoing mass-BitTorrent lawsuits, last month U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell laid down a landmark verdict in favor of copyright holders. The verdict was widely publicized, but put in doubt after it was uncovered that the Judge was a former RIAA lobbyist. This critique appears to have had an effect. In two new orders in the same cases, Howell has now backpedaled on her earlier stance.

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