[FYI] (Fwd) FC: Verizon must comply with RIAA's DMCA subpoena

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

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Date sent:      	Tue, 21 Jan 2003 15:17:50 -0500
From:           	Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
To:             	politech@politechbot.com
Subject:        	FC: Verizon must comply with RIAA's DMCA subpoena, judge sez
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I've placed the decision here:
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/verizon.riaa.decision.012103.pdf

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http://news.com.com/2100-1023-981449.html

   RIAA wins battle to ID Kazaa user
   By Declan McCullagh
   January 21, 2003, 12:02 PM PT

   A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Verizon Communications to
   disclose the identity of an alleged peer-to-peer pirate in a legal
   decision that could make it easier for the music industry to crack
   down on file-swapping networks.

   In a 37-page decision, U.S. District Judge John Bates said the
   wording of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act requires
   Verizon to give the Recording Industry Association of America the
   name of a Kazaa subscriber who allegedly was sharing more than 600
   music recordings. Bates said "the court disagrees with Verizon's
   strained reading of the act, which disregards entirely the clear
   definitional language."

   [...]



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