[privacy] U.S. Court Protects Confidentiality in Piracy Reporting

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via InfoWorld.

[snip]

A judge in Washington, D.C. has struck down a defense contractor's
efforts to find out the name of a person who reported it for alleged
software piracy.

Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby of the Superior Court of the District of
Columbia rejected a subpoena seeking the identity of a person who
reported Solers Inc. of Arlington, Virginia, for alleged software
piracy in 2005. Solers had filed a defamation claim against the
unidentified informant and had subpoenaed the name from Software &
Information Industry Association (SIIA), an antipiracy trade group the
informant contacted about the alleged piracy.

When SIIA contacted Solers about the allegation, the company denied
wrongdoing. SIIA did not pursue a claim against Solers and did not
determine that it had engaged in software piracy, SIIA said.

[snip]

More:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/08/24/HNcourtconfidential_1.html

- ferg


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