FC: RIAA presses Verizon for name of peer-to-peer subscriber (was: Verision being sued?)

Wed Aug 21 19:12:33 UTC 2002

Here is the complaint :

http://www.eff.org/Infra/riaa_v_verizon_complaint.pdf

Marshall

Gregory Hicks wrote:

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> http://news.com.com/2100-1023-954658.html
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>     Music body presses anti-piracy case
>     By Declan McCullagh
>     August 21, 2002, 6:54 AM PT
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>     ASPEN, Colo.--In what may become a new legal front in its war against
>     online copying, the Recording Industry Association of America has
>     asked a federal court for help in tracing an alleged peer-to-peer
>     pirate.
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>     On Tuesday, the RIAA asked a federal judge in Washington, D.C., for an
>     order compelling Verizon Communications to reveal the name of a
>     customer accused of illegally trading hundreds of songs. Citing
>     privacy concerns and potential legal liability, Verizon has refused to
>     comply with a subpoena the RIAA sent last month.
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>     "It's not that they don't want to turn over the name," said Mitch
>     Glazier, an RIAA senior vice president. "It's that they don't want to
>     be liable for turning over a subscriber's name."
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>     Until now, the entertainment industry has relied on civil lawsuits
>     aimed at corporations, not individuals, to limit widespread copyright
>     infringement on peer-to-peer networks. Now, however, the RIAA is
>     revising its strategy and appears ready to sue individuals swapping
>     songs over the Internet.
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>     At issue in the RIAA's request is an obscure part of the Digital
>     Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that permits a copyright owner to send
>     a subpoena ordering a "service provider" to turn over information
>     about a subscriber. It is not necessary to file a lawsuit to take
>     advantage of the DMCA's expedited subpoena process.
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