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Article: Ruling aids industry in attempt to target individual illegal users. (The Music Piracy Riddle).(music industry wins victory in online piracy battle )
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- January 27, 2003
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A U.S. district judge's ruling that Verizon Communications Inc. must hand over the name of a subscriber alleged to have downloaded as many as 600 music files in a single day is another incremental win in the industry's effort to halt online piracy.
But the war is far from over.
Last week's court decision was a blow to Verizon, which challenged portions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act mandating Internet service providers to reveal the information related to users suspected of pirating music.
The ruling, which could still be appealed, comes at a time when the Recording Industry Association of America is increasingly focused on finding ...