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Verizon lawyers want U.S. District Judge John D. Bates to wait until a federal appeals court reviews the case before they are forced to disclose the identity of an Internet subscriber suspected of illegally offering more than 600 songs from top artists.

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"If this ruling stands, consumers will be caught in a digital dragnet not only from record companies alleging infringement of their copyright monopolies but from anyone who can fill out a simple form," Thorne said.

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"I have never seen any provision like this," Swire said. ``There's no due process, no judicial supervision. If the court's order stands, these subpoenas will become a new form of spam." <snip>

Ava-spam? :^)

Ron of that ilk.

Shades of 'Safe'.

My major objection to the DMCA has been, and remains the complete lack of realistic punitive measures against fraudulent use.

That a commercial site might be able to sue for abuse for actual damages is completely irrelevant for a non-commercial or informative site, as *all* Scientology critical sites are.

The DMCA *should* have automatic and draconian punitive damages. This should include a fine for filing a DMCA complaint that does *not* result in an actual lawsuit following the response that reinstates the site.

Likewise in Safe's case, the subpoena that resulted in the revelation of his/her real name and address *should* have resulted in an immediate and substantial fine when no actual lawsuit was filed.

I think it's a mistake to tar the DMCA, which does have some good aspects, for the glaring errors and injustices it should never have had.

Zinj
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