RIAA Admits ISPs Have Misidentified "John Does"

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 13, 2007 @07:45AM from the record-keeping dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The RIAA has sent out a letter to the ISPs telling them to stop making mistakes in identifying subscribers, and offering a 'Pre-Doe settlement option' — with a discount of '$1000 or more' — to their subscribers, if and only if the ISP agrees to preserve its logs for 180 days. Other interesting points in the letter (PDF): the RIAA will be launching a web site for 'early settlements,' www.p2plawsuits.com; the letter asks the ISPs to notify the RIAA if they have previously 'misidentified a subscriber account in response to a subpoena' or become aware of 'technical information... that causes you to question the information that you provided in response to our clients' subpoena'; it notes that ISPs have identified 'John Does' who were not even subscribers of the ISP at the time of the infringement; and it requests that ISPs furnish their underlying log files, not just names and addresses, when responding to RIAA subpoenas."

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Re:The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin... by Anonymous Coward · 2007-02-13 07:56 · Score: -1, Troll

Is "commodity" your Word of the Day?

I missed the business news shows today so I'm guessing one of their guests was going on about commodities, or commoditization, or some other derivitive.

I can't wait to read what you grab on to tomorrow.

I'm on the edge of my seat.
Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · 2007-02-13 08:22 · Score: -1, Troll

Because there is no evidence that the RIAA has weapons of mass destruction
info@SettlementInformationLine.com by sgauss · 2007-02-13 08:43 · Score: 0, Troll

Hmmm. Spam, spam, spam, SPAMMITY-SPAM!
Re:The hallmark of civil disobedience... by Anonymous Coward · 2007-02-13 09:08 · Score: -1, Troll

Rosa Parks did not injure anyone's interests but her own.
Well, her and the cracker who wanted her seat.
Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · 2007-02-13 09:13 · Score: -1, Troll

Don't you have some JesusCock to suck, faggot?