About time someone with some muscle (read: deep financial pockets) stands up to the RIAA and its use of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) to get subpoenas on anyone it remotely expects is using file-trading software. Verizon tried on an individual basis to protect the names of its subscribers, but came up short in the courts. Now PacBell (part of the SBC family) is using the same customer privacy elements in its suit with the added punch of claiming pieces of the DMCA unconstitutional. Hopefully SBC/PacBell succeeds in getting this DMCA subpoena power ruled unconstitutional.Then there’s this interesting tidbit on which file swappers are being targeted.[Via GMSV] Related content opinion Imprezzeo makes image search easier By Jason Meserve Apr 03, 2009 1 min Video Web Search Enterprise Applications opinion Skype on the iPhone is a sweet app By Jason Meserve Apr 02, 2009 1 min iPhone opinion March Madness coming to an iPhone near you By Jason Meserve Mar 12, 2009 1 min iPhone opinion Nice play by Amazon with Kindle iPhone app By Jason Meserve Mar 10, 2009 1 min Kindle iPhone Amazon.com Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe