Jane Doe Supports the RIAA
December 29th, 2003 by DeWitt Clinton

An insightful article over at Progressive Trail discusses the implications of a “Jane Doe” lawsuit in which a French company was able to file a discovery lawsuit against Time Warner Cable to obtain the name of an individual suspected of posting defamatory comments. So while the recent court decision regarding Verizon and the RIAA shows that their subpoena tactics are not legal, this Jane Doe discovery process may provide the RIAA with an alternative means of forcing the ISP to turn over their user’s personal information.

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