[Ecommerce] Story on The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)'s database of RIAA subpoenas

[Manon Anne Ress]

BBC:
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation, (EFF), has set up an online database 
which allows people to check if a subpoena has been issued for them by 
the Recording Industry Association of America, (RIAA).

"We hope that EFF's subpoena database will give people some peace of 
mind and the information they need to challenge these subpoenas and 
protect their privacy," said the group's senior lawyer Fred Von Lohmann.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3102261.stm
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Note that the RIAA has issued at least 911 subpoenas so far...
To find out whether your name has been subpoenaed from your ISP, EFF 
(http://www.eff.org/) suggests you check at the "Subpoena Query page"
http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/howto-notgetsued.php

Also, "if you receive a cease and desist letter from the RIAA, consider 
contacting Chilling Effects, where EFF and several law school clinics 
are creating a gallery of cease and desist letters along with basic 
information about the claims being made and your rights online".

-- 
Manon Anne Ress
Consumer Project on Technology
www.cptech.org
PO Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036
manon.ress@cptech.org, voice: 1.202.387.8030, fax: 1.202.234.5176