US Supreme Court Rejects RIAA Subpoena Appeal
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request by the Recording Industry
Association of America (RIAA) to streamline the process of obtaining information
about users of peer-to-peer file sharing services from their internet service
providers. Although the Association was successful in the first round of its dispute with
Verizon Communications, which was ordered to provide subscriber information,
the US Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the lower court's ruling, arguing
that subpoenas cannot be issued against an ISP that does not store the copyright-infringing materials in question on its servers. In its appeal to the Supreme Court, the RIAA announced that: "Immediate review is needed because the decision...is thwarting legitimate
efforts across the nation to combat ongoing piracy that is causing irreparable
harm to copyright owners." According to reports, the Supreme Court rejected the RIAA appeal without comment. .
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