The Owner filed a lawsuit against
the ISP alleging copyright infringement.
Not exact matches
The civil enforcement measures allow security agents to order ex parte searches and it is proposed that internet service providers (
ISPs) will have sanctions imposed upon them, forcing them to disclose personal information relating to «claimed
infringement» or «
alleged infringers» who are or may be transmitting or sharing
copyright content via the internet.
In the
copyright infringement context, many Canadian
ISPs participate in a «notice and notice» system whereby they forward notices to subscribers that
copyright owners
allege have engaged in
infringement.
In a massive
copyright infringement lawsuit against over 14,000 P2P file sharers, plaintiff Worldwide Film Entertainment sent subpoenas to several
ISPs to unmask the identities of the
alleged infringers.
Examples of abuse of the PATRIOT Act include its use by the FBI to charge Adam McGaughey for
copyright infringement after obtaining financial records from his
ISP, tens of thousands of «National Security Letters» and a million financial records for certain Las Vegas businesses, and investigation of potential drug traffickers for
alleged future crimes.