RIAA Fights Charter's Motion to Quash Subpoena for File-Swapper IDs

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 15, 2003 - 4:17am.

Washington -- The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed court papers asking a judge to ignore cable TV giant Charter Communications' opposition to subpoenas seeking the identities of Charter subscribers it believes committed copyright infringement. Charter sued the RIAA last week in federal court, asking a judge to quash a subpoena for the identities of 150 Charter subscribers because the RIAA did not make individual subpoenas for each alleged infringer. "Charter's goal is transparent -- to increase the paperwork burden on copyright holders," the RIAA said in its filing. The RIAA has to date sued 261 individuals for infringing copyrights by offering music on file-sharing networks like Kazaa; the group has settled out of court with a number of these defendants, but also says it plans to file hundreds of additional lawsuits.
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