Music Industry Steps Up War On Illegal Downloads
By AAN Staff
august 5, 2003 10:06 am
Thanks
to a section of 1998's Digital Millennium
Copyright
Act that allows a court clerk to rubber stamp a
subpoena, the Recording
Industry Association of America is
sending out hundreds of subpoenas to ISPs
across America, who are forced to turn over the
names of downloaders. Creative Loafing's
Steve Fennessy talks to college students,
industry watchers and music pirates about the
recording industry's efforts to save itself by
suing its customers.