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[FYI] Recording Industry Ass. of America (RIAA) planning legal action
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- From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 14:30:14 +0200
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26785.html
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Big-media Axis of Evil on the march
By Thomas C Greene in Washington
Posted: 22/08/2002 at 11:37 GMT
The Recording Industry Ass. of America (RIAA) may have temporarily
abandoned plans to censor Web sites available to American surfers,
but they've still got their shock troops on heightened alert.
Recently they've attempted to force Verizon.net to identify a
customer they claim is making music files available for download.
Verizon has refused, out of concern that it might expose itself to
liability on privacy grounds. The RIAA has filed a second demand with
the courts in Washington, DC, claiming that the customer's privacy
rights are nullified by its superior copyright concerns. Apparently
the presumption of innocence will be another casualty of that
glorious crusade.
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