Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Anderson et al

Filing 50

MOTION for Preliminary Injunction by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order Order for Preliminary Injunction)(Mahony, Ieuan-Gael)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Plaintiff v. Civil Action No. 08-11364-GAO ZACK ANDERSON, RJ RYAN, ALESSANDRO CHIESA, RONALD L. RIVEST, and the MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Defendants

ORDER FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION After hearing this day and upon consideration of the written and oral submissions of the parties regarding Plaintiff's Motion for Entry of a Preliminary Injunction, it is hereby ORDERED as follows: A. That the following terms herein shall have the following definitions: (1) Fare Media System. The term "Fare Media System" means Plaintiff's system that meets the following two criteria: the system (i) is employed by the MBTA to manage, track, charge for, and collect fares; and (ii) relies on CharlieTicket passes and/or CharlieCard passes. MIT Students. The term "MIT Students" means Defendants Zack Anderson, RJ Ryan, and Alessandro Chiesa and all persons in active concert or participation with any of them.

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B.

It is hereby ORDERED as follows: (1) That the MIT Students are hereby enjoined and restrained until January 1, 2009, in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 65, from providing non-public program, information, software code, or command that would assist another in any material way to circumvent or otherwise attack the security of the Fare Media System.

DONE AND ORDERED in Boston, Massachusetts this _____ day of August 2008. 1

______________________________________ GEORGE A. O'TOOLE, JR. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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