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Special/Investigative Report
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Small guy may fall to MPAA's anti-piracy plan

According to the articles:

"The official enemy is piracy.

But the likely victim, many in the film industry believe, will be the kind of low-budget films that often get nominated for Oscars.

The Motion Picture Association of America and the major Hollywood studios decided Tuesday to stop sending DVDs and videos of potential Oscar nominees to Academy voters."
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Anonymity Versus Law Enforcement

According to the articles:

"The Fight Over Subpoenaing Alleged Downloaders' Names From Internet Service Providers" "the court held that the DMCA's procedures "prevent any substantial encroachment on the First Amendment rights of Internet users." It reached this holding because in order to get a subpoena issued, the RIAA had to at least claim, based on a "good faith belief," that copyright infringement - which is not a First-Amendment-protected act, unless it counts as "fair use" - had occurred.

According to the court, the requirement of a good faith belief prevents a substantial encroachment on First Amendment rights, because it sufficiently ensures that the material subpoenaed is likely to be evidence of lawbreaking. Yet in fact, it's dangerously easy to claim a good faith belief in just about anything.

If the DMCA required the copyright owner to prove copyright infringement - the fact of it, not just a belief about it - then that might significantly diminish the First Amendment harms. But it doesn't. And if a good faith belief about infringement, in a particular case, ends up being wrong, then the First Amendment harm to the person exchanging files will be very serious indeed."
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ACLU Steps Into DMCA Subpoena Controversy

According to the articles:

"While a Senate subcommittee prepares to hear testimony Tuesday from LL Cool J and Chuck D on the merits of the subpoena provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and a Boston law firm went to court Monday questioning the constitutionality of the controversial power of the DMCA.

Representing a Boston college student, the ACLU claims the music labels should not have the authority to strip Internet users of anonymity without allowing them to challenge the order in court."
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