Hard Drive Productions, Inc. v. Does 1–1,495
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Hard Drive Productions, Inc. v. Does 1–1,495, Civil Action No. 11-1741 (JDB/JMF), was a United States District Court for the District of Columbia case in which the court held that anonymous users of the peer-to-peer file sharing service BitTorrent could not remain anonymous after charges of copyright infringement were brought against them. The court ultimately dismissed the case, but the identities of defendants were publicly exposed.
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Hard Drive Productions, Inc. v. Does 1–1,495 | |
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Court | United States District Court for the District of Columbia |
Decided | DISMISSED on December 21, 2012. |
Defendant | John Does 1–1,495 |
Prosecution | Hard Drive Productions, Inc. |
Citation(s) | Civil Action No. 11-1741 (JDB/JMF) |
Holding | |
The defendants could not proceed anonymously. | |
Court membership | |
Judge(s) sitting | John D. Bates, John M. Facciola |
Keywords | |
BitTorrent, First Amendment, Right to anonymous speech |
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