The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a lower court ruling on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA) and whether ISPs could be compelled to reveal the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of thousands of Internet subscribers suspected of copyright violations by the recording industry. In December 2003, the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA) did not authorize copyright holders and their agents to obtain a subpoena requiring the release of the name, address and telephone number of any Internet user based upon the filing of a one-page form with the clerk of the district court .
Verizon Communications declared a victory in the case saying the personal privacy, free expression rights and safety of the more than 100 million Internet users in the U.S. have been protected. http://www.verizon.com
