In December, the court ruled that Harvard Professor Charles Nesson could not bring the case because he wasn't licensed to practice law in the state. This time he's filed a pro hac vice motion to allow Nesson to argue before the court, and they're bringing an RI-based attorney, just in case.

I predict we will hear less and less about the RIAA and its quasi-Gestapo tactics this year, and a lot more about its good buddies, the Motion Picture Association of America. The music horse has left the barn. But swapping movies -- harder to rip and share, much more expensive to make, more profitable for studios -- will be the new battleground.