SBC Sues to Halt Music Industry Subpoenas

Dyre Straits · Aug 1, 2003, 07:30 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - SBC Communications Inc. . said on Thursday it had filed suit to stop a flood of recording-industry court orders that seek to track down Internet users who might be illegally copying music.

SBC subsidiary Pacific Bell Internet Services sued the Recording Industry Association of America (news - web sites) in federal court in San Francisco, saying the music industry trade group has been overzealous in its pursuit of suspected song-swappers.

The RIAA has issued more than 1,000 subpoenas to SBC and other Internet providers over the past few weeks, seeking to find the names of those who use "peer to peer" services like Kazaa and Morpheus to copy music, movies and other files from each others' hard drives for free.

By Andy Sullivan

Details Here

The_Neon_Cowboy · Aug 1, 2003, 08:55 PM

yea

krang · Aug 2, 2003, 12:13 AM

You can add Charter Communications to that list. They said today they will not release info to the RIAA

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Dyre Straits HH Old Fuddy Duddy Join Date: May 2002 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 14,205 Rep Power: 216 System Specs	SBC Sues to Halt Music Industry Subpoenas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - SBC Communications Inc. . said on Thursday it had filed suit to stop a flood of recording-industry court orders that seek to track down Internet users who might be illegally copying music. SBC subsidiary Pacific Bell Internet Services sued the Recording Industry Association of America (news - web sites) in federal court in San Francisco, saying the music industry trade group has been overzealous in its pursuit of suspected song-swappers. The RIAA has issued more than 1,000 subpoenas to SBC and other Internet providers over the past few weeks, seeking to find the names of those who use "peer to peer" services like Kazaa and Morpheus to copy music, movies and other files from each others' hard drives for free. By Andy Sullivan Details Here

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The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	yea __________________

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krang DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 139 Rep Power: 0	You can add Charter Communications to that list. They said today they will not release info to the RIAA __________________ Asus A7v8x/Amd2200+ 1024 ddr pc2700 ram Radeon 9700pro Sk7 heatsink/YSTech 80mm fan Liteon 48x24x48 cdrw Liteon dvd 4 Maxtor 80g hd's MAudio Revolution 7.1 soundcard WinXP sp2