FC: Federal judge gives Verizon 14 days to ID Kazaa user

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://news.com.com/2100-1027-998268.html?tag=fd_top

Verizon gets 14 days to ID file-swapper
By John Borland
April 24, 2003, 3:30 PM PT

A U.S district court on Thursday ruled for a second time that Verizon 
Communications must give up the identity of an anonymous Internet 
subscriber accused of swapping music files online. The case has been 
closely watched by entertainment industry figures and privacy advocates as 
a key test for how easily file-swappers can be found and identified by 
copyright holders.
An earlier court decision that also said Verizon would have to give up the 
information had been temporarily put on hold. Thursday's decision will 
force the telephone company to give up its subscriber's name in 14 days, 
unless an appeals court steps in to block the decision pending further review.

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