ISP subscribers protected from DMCA subpoenas
- IN RE: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC., No. 03-3802 (8th Cir. 2005) The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. section 512(h), does not permit copyright owners and their representatives to obtain and serve subpoenas on internet service providers (ISP) to obtain personal information about an ISP's subscribers who are alleged to be transmitting copyrighted works via the internet through file sharing programs.
