Music Industry Steps Up War On Illegal Downloads

august 5, 2003  10:06 am
Music Industry Steps Up War On Illegal Downloads
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.