October 22, 2004
High Court Won't Review Decision Banning 'Fast Track' Subpoenas in File-Sharing Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court declined last week to consider an appeals-court ruling that stopped record companies from using a "fast track" legal process to force Internet-service providers to identify suspected music pirates, including those on college campuses.
The decision ends the recording industry's hope of returning to the fast-track subpoenas, which were established by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The companies used the subpoenas to demand that Internet providers name
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