'Jane Doe' Lawyer Glenn Peterson Talks With GrepLaw

scubacuda writes "Glenn Peterson, attorney at McDonough Holland & Allen, represents 'Jane Doe,' one of the first to fight the constitutionality of recent RIAA subpoenas. In this GrepLaw interview, Glenn gives his thoughts on recent RIAA strong arm tactics, Matt Openheim's assertion that Jane Doe's arguments have 'already been addressed by a federal judge,' and the danger of giving subpoena power to anyone pretending to have a copyright claim."

Re:groklaw or greplaw

[Anonymous Coward]

Greplaw is a technology law and policy news/discussion site at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society (Harvard).

Groklaw is a site about the ongoing SCO law suit, hosted by a paralegal.

They are not the same.

Re:What happens if RIAA wins...

[jc42]

Possibly the most pertinent is their observation: ... every consumer's identity, home address and phone number are now available to anyone who can fill out a one-page form.

Note that "identity" includes email address. If you want to know why you're getting so much spam, you need look no further. The recent court decision about Verizon basically means that I can use copyright claims as grounds to demand from any ISP all the email/home addresses and phone numbers of all their customers. I can then use this information for any purpose, or sell it to anyone.

This decision essentially opens ISP customer records fully to all marketers, and eliminates any traces of internet privacy.

We have all been opted in to everything.