-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Actually, it's Public Citizen, ACLU and EFF file amicus briefs Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 11:18:00 -0800 From: Cindy Cohn <cindy@private> To: Declan McCullagh <declan@private> References: <6.0.0.22.2.20040225012436.02638fa0@private> <x-flowed> Hi Declan, Just a little clarification. Public Citizen, EFF and ACLU filed the amicus briefs jointly and we actually filed 3 briefs, 2 in Georgia and one in Pennsylvania. On the Georgia briefs we were joined by the Georgia ACLU and on the Pennsylvania briefs we were joined by the Pennsylvania ACLU. The briefs point out the several procedural errors in the record company actions, all of which make it much harder for those accused to protect themselves. The briefs also point out the standards for removing the protections of anonymity from Internet speakers that have been developed in other cases. We urge the court to apply these standards to copyright claims no differently than they are applied when the accusation against the anonymous Internet user is defamation, trade secret violations or harassment. The targeted ISPs are: 203 Comcast subscribers sued in Pennsylvania, the case is BMG Music v. Does 1-203. 252 Cox Communications subscribers sued in Georgia, the case is Motown Records v. Does 1-252 44 Earthlink subscribers sued in Georgia, the case is Virgin v. Does 1-44 The briefs, as well as other case information about these cases as well as the others, are all here: http://eff.org/IP/P2P/riaa-v-thepeople.php. EFF maintains a list of the targeted IP addresses here: http://eff.org/IP/P2P/riaasubpoenas/riaa_all_doe_ips.txt Cindy At 1:29 AM -0500 2/25/04, Declan McCullagh wrote: >--- > >Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:04:01 -0500 >From: "Angela Bradbery" <abradbery@private> >Subject: Music industry hasn't justified ID-ing file-sharers/Public > Citizen press release > > >Public Citizen has filed two "friend of the court' briefs in >lawsuits brought by record companies against file-sharers. > >In both cases, which are pending in Pennsylvania and Georgia courts, >Public Citizen argued that the music industry has not shown adequate >justification for unveiling the identities of anonymous online music >"pirates." >In the briefs, the group are asking both courts to require the >record industry to follow procedures designed to protect the privacy >of Internet users in its latest round of lawsuits against unnamed >alleged music file-sharers. > >To view the Pennsylvania press release, click here: ><http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=1650>http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=1650 > >To view the Georgia press release, click here: ><http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=1651>http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=1651 > >### >Public Citizen is a national, nonprofit consumer advocacy >organization based in Washington, D.C. > >Angela Bradbery >Deputy Director, Communications >Public Citizen >1600 20th St. NW >Washington, DC 20009 >(202) 588-7741 > >_______________________________________________ >Politech mailing list >Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ >Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/) -- ********************************************* Cindy Cohn Cindy@private Legal Director www.eff.org Electronic Frontier Foundation 454 Shotwell Street San Francisco, CA 94110 415-436-9333 x 108 (tel) 415-436-9993 (fax) Join EFF today! <https://secure.eff.org/> _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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