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PacBell Sues RIAA
(old news - 07:42PM Sunday Aug 03 2003)
A California-based Internet service provider jumped into the contentious music-downloading fray late Wednesday, filing a lawsuit against the recording industry and questioning the constitutionality of the industry's effort to track down online music sharers.
Pacific Bell Internet Services, based in San Francisco, is seeking a declaration that the subpoenas served against it by the Recording Industry Association of America are overly broad in scope and should have been issued from a California district court, not the District of Columbia. The complaint also seeks a jury trial to have the constitutional issues addressed.
In the complaint, PBIS maintains it only acts as a "passive conduit" for the activity of its subscribers and "does not initiate or direct the transmission of those files and has no control over their content or destination."
A RIAA spokesman called the lawsuit an attempt at "procedural gamesmanship" and insisted that Internet service providers must reveal the identities of online copyright infringers.Source: ABC NEWS
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 smartguy2k2
join:2002-03-04
Campbell, CA | lol seems to me they are doing because alot of ppl have dsl to dl music freely.......... and ppl might drop with the recent subpoenas | |
| moparX
join:2001-12-29
Compton, CA | I think its good they are standing up for they're subscribers they are just trying to keep things private like it should be. | |
|  | Robert00020
join:2000-07-10
San Rafael, CA | Re: lol Well, internet service providers are sure going to lose a lot of customers for these issues. | |
| ajmck2
join:2002-12-17
Shingle Springs, CA
| I am GLAD Pac Bell is standing up to there users rights. The Music industry is one overblown GREEDY sob. How else can the justify charging $16.00 - $24.00 for a lousy $2.00 cd??? I know the artst needs to make something, but give me a break. I have no problem paying what I think a song is worth ($.25) but these people are getting Really Really Really Greedy.
Alan | |
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