Legal Opinion
United States v. Charter Communications, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 4, 2005No. 03-3802PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYE, Circuit Judge.
This case concerns whether the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), specifically 17 U.S.C. § 512(h), permits copyright owners and their representatives to obtain and serve subpoenas on internet service providers (ISPs) to obtain personal information about an ISP’s subscribers who are alleged to be transmitting copyrighted works via the internet using so-called “peer to peer” or “P2P” file sharing *773computer programs. The dispute arose when the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) requested the clerk of the district court to issue subpoenas under § 512(h) to…
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