[Nick Danger]

I wondered how long it would take for this to happen. The DCMA had essentially given private corporations, and even individuals, subpoena power... with almost zero judicial oversight. That's not a slippery slope we should be going down.

Let the RIAA convince a judge that they have probable cause before we let them compel ISPs to expend resources, and have the RIAA go fishing in privacy data.

To my knowledge Michael Jackson never did this, but think about it: under the DCMA, Michael Jackson had the right, as a copyright holder, to subpoena the name and address of your 11-year-old son, basically on Jackson's say-so that your son has certain music on a computer. No judge need even look at it. Was that something America needed?

[rit]

I agree with you in that RIAA's strategy was flawed from the onset. I am disappointed that the courts did not want to touch verizon's position on the DMCA.