Thursday, 5 February 2015

ISP Doesn't Have to Expose Pirating Subscribers, Judge Rules

ISP Doesn't Have to Expose Pirating Subscribers, Judge Rules


A federal court in Georgia has quashed a broad DMCA subpoena which required local Internet provider CBeyond to reveal the identities of alleged BitTorrent pirates. The magistrate judge ruled that ISPs don't have to hand over personal information as they are not storing any infringing material themselves. pirate-runningHired by prominent clients such as Warner Bros. and BMG, Rightscorp began sending DMCA subpoenas to dozens of smaller local ISPs in the United States last year.

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