Maybe you, if you pay for a high speed Internet connection.
Modern technology is great. Television, telephone and internet
services are bundled together in one convenient package so that the
whole family can enjoy each form of entertainment - all for one
monthly fee. The bill is paid by the single subscriber to this
convenient service, and nobody worries about the details regarding
use - until something goes wrong. What could go wrong?
Someone using your computer system could violate the Copyright
Laws of the United States, possibly making you - the Internet
account holder - responsible for such illegal activities.
Here is a common fact pattern in such matters:
A subpoena arrives in the mail regarding a copyright lawsuit
filed against a number of "Doe" (i.e., unnamed)
defendants in a local federal court. Accompanying the subpoena is a
lawyer letter requesting from $3000 to $4000 to settle the matter
without further action.
