Legal Opinion
Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. v. Verizon Internet Services, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 19, 2003No. 03-7015 & 03-7053PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge GINSBURG.
GINSBURG, Chief Judge:
This case concerns the Recording Industry Association of America’s use of the subpoena provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512(h), to identify internet users the RIAA believes are infringing the copyrights of its members. The RIAA served two subpoenas upon Verizon Internet Services in order to discover the names of two Verizon subscribers who appeared to be trading large numbers of .mp3 files of copyrighted music via “peer-to-peer” (P2P) file sharing programs, such as KaZaA. Verizon refused to…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- In re Sealed CaseCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1997
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