In a so-called “friend of the court” brief, the groups urged a
federal court to prevent the Recording Industry Association of
America (RIAA) from forcing Verizon to identify a customer the RIAA
has accused of offering infringing music on a peer-to-peer
system.
"The court should require careful judicial consideration of
facts supporting any accusations and hear the other side of the
story before violating the privacy of an internet user," said EFF
Legal Director Cindy Cohn. "The RIAA asked the court to throw a
long history of protection of anonymous speech out the window as
soon as someone suspects copyright infringement on a peer-to-peer
system."
