Wednesday, January 05, 2005

Eighth Circuit Affirms Limitation on RIAA Subpoena Power. The AP reports that "Court Rules on Music Downloader IDs." From the article: "A second U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday that the recording industry can't force Internet providers to identify music downloaders under a disputed copyright law." The headline and write-up of this article overstate things a bit. Subpoenas following institution of a John Doe suit are still available. Reuters has a more accurate discussion here.

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