Charter Communications is the latest major ISP to take legal measures to prevent the Recording Industry Association of America from using subpoenas to reveal the identity of its Web users. In a suit filed in federal district court in St. Louis, Missouri, Charter is seeking to block the RIAA from obtaining the identities of its customers, including those targeted by earlier subpoenas from the RIAA. Charter said it had received subpoenas requesting the identities of approximately 150 of its high-speed access customers who are accused by the RIAA of illegally trading copyrighted music over the Internet.
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Charter Sues, Providers Criticize RIAA
Posted by: Jay Lyman October 7, 2003 01:59 PMCharter Communications is the latest major ISP to take legal measures to prevent the Recording Industry Association of America from using subpoenas to reveal the identity of its Web users. In a suit filed in federal district court in St. Louis, Missouri, Charter is seeking to block the RIAA from obtaining the identities of its customers, including those targeted by earlier subpoenas from the RIAA. Charter said it had received subpoenas requesting the identities of approximately 150 of its high-speed access customers who are accused by the RIAA of illegally trading copyrighted music over the Internet.