Hollywood trembles: Blackberry Judgment Day is nigh

The federal hearing is scheduled for today, and bad day in court for Research in Motion will lead to the shutdown of BlackBerry devices throughout in Hollywood.

CNET and the New York Post both have stories.

Though CNET observes that “an injunction would prevent the sale of RIM’s primary source of revenue in its largest market, effectively crippling the company” it misses the larger point here in Hollywood: Just how is this town going to function?

We have an admonition for the assistants of Hollywood’s agencies: Prepare thee thy buckslips and Keds, because you’re going to be doing a hell of a lot of running around if this ruling goes south.

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