EFF Sides with Cox to Protect Piracy-Accused Internet Users from ‘Copyright Trolls’
In the early 2000s, the music industry took a stand against online piracy by going after tens of thousands of alleged pirates through U.S. courts. The RIAA tracked down IP addresses of suspected music pirates and requested corresponding DMCA subpoenas, hoping to link these addresses to subscribers’ contact details. This initially worked well. However, as the practice became more common ISPs began to object. They countered that DMCA...
