Verizon subscriber disclosure order [US DC] News
Verizon subscriber disclosure order [US DC]

RIAA v. Verizon, US District Court for the District of Columbia, January 21, 2003[ordering Verizon to disclose the name of an Internet subscriber who, using a file-sharing service, allegedly downloaded and shared some 600 copyrighted songs on the Internet]. Read the order here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Republic of Ireland Act enters force

On April 18, 1949, the Republic of Ireland Act went into force, creating a republic in the state of Ireland. The Act repealed the Executive Authority Act, which had given governing authority in Ireland to the King of England.

Treason charges against poet Ezra Pound dropped

On April 18, 1958, treason charges against American poet Ezra Pound, first laid in 1943 in connection with his wartime broadcasts for the Italian Fascist government of Benito Mussolini, were dropped.

Read Jonas Doberman, The Treason Debate: Ezra Pound and his Rome Radio Broadcasts[PDF].

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