FC: Verizon must comply with RIAA's DMCA subpoena, judge sez

[Declan McCullagh <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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