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many innocents (Score:2)
The ruling says that RIAA can't require ISPs to identify users without getting a judge to agree that there is reason. So, for now at least, there is less chance of innocent users receiving lawsuit demands; there will be far fewer lawsuit demands in general since the RIAA can't use vague suggestive evidence to lauch a lawsuit and back down if they are shown to be wrong. Of course, after they've gone around the circle a few times, they will find a combination of evidence that a typical (or favoured) judge will deem adequate and automate collecting that level of evidence and start getting mass applications. It's a hiccough and a slowdown, not a stop to their actions.
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Re:many innocents (Score:2)
I might even put a disclaimer on my website that allows anyone except employees of RIAA to download the music. Then it's just a matter of watching the IP addresses :) Not that I can do anything about it as I'm not in the US.