IN RE VERIZON INTERNET SERVICES, INC.

No. CIV.A. 03-MS-0040 JDB.

257 F.Supp.2d 244 (2003)

In re: VERIZON INTERNET SERVICES, INC., Subpoena Enforcement Matter, Recording Industry Association of America, Plaintiff, v. Verizon Internet Services, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

April 24, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Thomas Perrelli, Jenner & Block, Recording Industry Association of America, Jonathan Whitehead, Recording Industry, Association of America, Washington, for Plaintiff.

Andrew McBride, Bruce Joseph, Dineen Wasylik, Wiley Rein & Fielding, Washington, for Defendant.

Kathryn Schaefer Zecca, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner, U.S. Internet Industry Association, Megan Gray, Gray Matters, Paul Benedict Gaffney, Edward Bennett Williams Building, Williams & Connolly, Joe Caldwell, Jr., Baker Botts, LLP, The Warner Building, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Washington, for Amici.

John Zacharia, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, for Intervenor.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BATES, District Judge.

Before the Court is the motion of Verizon Internet Services ("Verizon") to quash the February 4, 2003 subpoena served on it by the Recording Industry Association of America ("RIAA") pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 ("DMCA"), 17 U.S.C. § 512. On behalf of copyright owners, RIAA seeks the identity of an anonymous user of the conduit functions of Verizon's Internet service who is...

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