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Report From RIAA v. Verizon Case

Posted by michael on from the music-industry-getting-to-know-you dept.

LawGeek writes "Adam Kessel has provided Greplaw with exclusive coverage of today's RIAA v. Verizon hearing, in which the RIAA is attempting to force Verizon to produce information about a user who allegedly shared files using P2P technology. It sounds as though the judge had a good grasp of the technology, and has promised to rule quickly. Slashdot has previously covered Verizon's stance on this and other P2P issues."

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  1. Also check out Salon's coverage by Software · · Score: 5, Informative

    here (or http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2002/10/04/verizon/ print.html for the link afraid).

  2. Re:This sounds... by Artifex · · Score: 5, Informative

    Of course we all know that they're really just protecting their own interests. They don't want to become the enforcers, because it will cost them money to do so. And remember, Verizon's complaint isn't that the RIAA wants the customer's records... it's that they want them without the formality of a court proceeding. They'll easily give that information out once they get a proper subpoena, so that the court order protects them from the subscriber suing them later.

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