] For its part, Verizon has been stressing the privacy
] implications of allowing the use of DMCA subpoenas to
] become more widespread. It's backing Brownback's bill,
] which requires that a lawsuit be filed before an Internet
] user be unmasked. (The exact language: "An Internet
] access service may not be compelled to make available to
] a manufacturer of a digital media product or its
] representative the identity or personal information of a
] subscriber or user of its service"--unless, that is, a
] civil lawsuit or criminal prosecution is pending.)

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