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: A New Jersey judge has quashed nearly a thousand subpoenas that
: were requested in a BitTorrent lawsuit involving " Dark
: Adrenaline ", the most recent album by the Italian band
: Lacuna Coil, ruling that the case improperly joins mass
: defendants together.
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: US District Judge Faith S. Hochberg threw out all of the
: defendants with the exception of one John Doe for the claim. As
: a result, 943 unnamed defendants have been pared from the
: lawsuit filed by a New Jersey attorney on behalf of Century
: Media Records.
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: Hochberg, in her October 10 ruling, said that the cases reeked
: of misjoinder, finding that " there must be a connection
: between defendants beyond the copyrighted work and method of
: distribution, namely that defendants were involved in the same
: transaction with the same downloader at the same time ."
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: In the case, Hochberg said that she would sever all Doe
: defendants except the first Doe of the lawsuit " without
: prejudice ," permitting the plaintiff to bring the claim
: again in conformity with the rules set forth by the judge.
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