Verizon loses -- and so do we - The Washington Post reports that an Oregon trial judge has ordered Verizon to turn over the name of a DSL subscriber who has allegedly downloaded mass quantities of copyrighted mp3's. WaPo's Filter has an explainer, and blogger Glenn Reynolds has penned an article questioning the legitimacy of these legal proceedings. At least we can count on a promised appeal. But no amount of tireless work by the RIAA and its evil software robots can turn back the technological tide here. When are the record companies (not to mention Hollywood) going to recognize that they can't put the genie back in the bottle? They need to adapt their business plans to reality and move on. This victory will, ultimately, win them nothing.