Federal Court Rejects Challenge to DMCA Subpoena Provision - A District Court denied legal efforts by Verizon to protect the identity of an ISP subscriber that had been sought under a subpoena from the Recording Industry Association of America. Verizon had argued that the broad subpoena power created under Section 512(h) of the DMCA - which allows copyright holders to seek the identity of alleged infringers even before a court proceeding is initiated, and without any notice to the end user - violated free expression and other constitutional values. CDT believes that the subpoena power in question raises serious privacy concerns for Internet users that must be dealt with in the political arena if they cannot be resolved in the courts. April 24, 2003

• CDT Opinion [PDF] February 04, 2003
• CDT Statement January 30, 2003
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