Clarification to amicus briefs filed in Internet anonymity cases [fs]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Subject: Actually, it's Public Citizen, ACLU and EFF file amicus briefs
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 11:18:00 -0800
From: Cindy Cohn <cindy () eff org>
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
References: <6.0.0.22.2.20040225012436.02638fa0 () mail well com>

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Hi Declan,

Just a little clarification. Public Citizen, EFF and ACLU filed the
amicus briefs jointly and we actually filed 3 briefs, 2 in Georgia
and one in Pennsylvania. On the Georgia briefs we were joined by the
Georgia ACLU and on the Pennsylvania briefs we were joined by the
Pennsylvania ACLU.

The briefs point out the several procedural errors in the record
company actions, all of which make it much harder for those accused
to protect themselves. The briefs also point out the standards for
removing the protections of anonymity from Internet speakers that
have been developed in other cases.  We urge the court to apply these
standards to copyright claims no differently than they are applied
when the accusation against the anonymous Internet user is
defamation, trade secret violations or harassment.

The targeted ISPs are:

203 Comcast subscribers sued in Pennsylvania, the case is BMG Music
v. Does 1-203.
252 Cox Communications subscribers sued in Georgia, the case is
Motown Records v. Does 1-252
44 Earthlink subscribers sued in Georgia, the case is Virgin v. Does 1-44

The briefs, as well as other case information about these cases as
well as the others, are all here:
http://eff.org/IP/P2P/riaa-v-thepeople.php.

EFF maintains a list of the targeted IP addresses here:
http://eff.org/IP/P2P/riaasubpoenas/riaa_all_doe_ips.txt


Cindy

At 1:29 AM -0500 2/25/04, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> ---
>
> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:04:01 -0500
> From: "Angela Bradbery" <abradbery () citizen org>
> Subject: Music industry hasn't justified ID-ing file-sharers/Public
>         Citizen press release
>
>
> Public Citizen has filed two "friend of the court' briefs in 
> lawsuits brought by record companies against file-sharers.
>
> In both cases, which are pending in Pennsylvania and Georgia courts, 
> Public Citizen argued that the music industry has not shown adequate 
> justification for unveiling the identities of anonymous online music 
> "pirates."
> In the briefs, the group are asking both courts to require the 
> record industry to follow procedures designed to protect the privacy 
> of Internet users in its latest round of lawsuits against unnamed 
> alleged music file-sharers.
>
> To view the Pennsylvania press release, click here: 
> <http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=1650>http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=1650
>
> To view the Georgia press release, click here:
> <http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=1651>http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=1651
>
> ###
> Public Citizen is a national, nonprofit consumer advocacy 
> organization based in Washington, D.C.
>
> Angela Bradbery
> Deputy Director, Communications
> Public Citizen
> 1600 20th St. NW
> Washington, DC 20009
> (202) 588-7741
>
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