June 6, 2003

Academic-Library Groups Support Lawsuit to Prevent Disclosure of Names

In a case involving file sharing on the Internet, academic-library groups have joined 33 other organizations in filing a legal brief in support of Verizon Communications. The company is trying to prevent the recording industry from obtaining the names Verizon customers who have traded copyrighted material illegally.

Previously the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of the Recording Industry Association of America in its suit against Verizon. In two

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