Are delays like this common? I know in the US delays / pauses in court cases are common and can take years to work their way through. I always thought that was just a US thing.
As long as the judge will rule on accepting any applications to the lawsuit, like the one added by COPA and the one refused for faketoshi, it can go on for quite a while, this is a civil lawsuit between two parties and to furthermore add to the delays is the fact that there has been no application or claim that the copyright claim carries any financial advantage so basically, there is no loss for the claimant, nor would the situation change in case of any accidents that might happen to either the claimant or the defendant.
With every application that is filled and accepted the judge must offer one side the time to file against it so this could drag for a while until simply the judge stops amending anything, at that point, the ruling will come pretty fast, but now it's more like a tennis game.
I just thought the opposite when it comes to the US, that justice is much faster than in some EU countries. I can't say how long a court proceeding lasts in an individual EU member state, but in my country, which is riddled with corruption, court proceedings take years, and when a verdict is finally reached, the higher instance (Supreme Court) can easily get everything back to square one.
Statically yeah, developed countries from the Anglosphere and Asian courts have the shortest trials, with Eastern and Southern Europe the longest but...when it comes to crypto, as usual, things are more like the exception, for example, the MtGox case that was almost a complete failure, if it weren't for the price rise it would have been the worst "rehabilitation" plan in history.
or is he talking about different keys?
