EFF Asks Judges to Quash Subpoenas in Movie-Downloading Lawsuits
1 min readEFF Asks Judges to Quash Subpoenas in Movie-Downloading Lawsuits
The lawsuits are the brainchild of a Washington, D.C., law firm calling itself the “U.S. Copyright Group” (USCG). USCG investigators have identified IP addresses they allege are associated with the unauthorized downloading of independent films, including “Far Cry” and “The Hurt Locker.” To date, USCG has filed seven “John Doe” lawsuits in D.C., implicating well over 14,000 individuals, and has issued subpoenas to ISPs seeking the names and addresses of the subscribers associated with those IP addresses. Several ISPs have complied, but Time Warner Cable moved to quash the three subpoenas it received, arguing that USCG is abusing the discovery process.
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