Verizon Gives Names of Song-Swap Suspects
From Associated Press
Verizon Communications Inc. surrendered to the music industry the names of four Internet subscribers suspected of illegally offering free song downloads, but vowed to keep fighting the law that forced its hand.
New York-based Verizon was compelled to give up the names by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, which rejected the company’s request for a stay while it appeals a lower court decision won by the Recording Industry Assn. of America.
The RIAA has not decided what action to take against the four Verizon customers who allegedly violated the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
