Internet Service Provider Must Disclose Subscriber ID

A federal judge has ordered an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to turn over the identity of a person suspected by a recording industry association of pirating recordings on-line.The judge found that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA) gave copyright owners the right to obtain subpoenas to force ISPs to give them information on […]
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Unauthorized access to restricted websites OK

If you have a password protected website and someone gains access to it, they have violated the federal Wiretap and Stored Communications Acts, right? Don’t count on it anymore. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit says that such action does not violate the federal Wiretap Act and may not violate the Stored […]
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