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FC: Verizon must comply with RIAA's DMCA subpoena

------- Forwarded message follows ------- 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 Send reply to: declan@well.com

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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