The end of DMCA subpoenas? (Capstone Studios v. Coxcom)

The DMCA cannot be used to subpoena the identity of internet users from their ISPs, says the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a precedential ruling. The Plaintiffs are represented by Attorney Kerry Culpepper. #DMCA #Subpoena #lawsuit Join the Lawful Masses community on Discord! https://discord.gg/cUqVPzQFub Lawful Masses is 100% community-supported! Thanks for all of your help! Please consider supporting on Patreon.com/ljfrench, through YouTube membership, Floatplane subscription, or Twitch membership. August 2025 supporters: "Counselor" Level: Eevi, John Steel, Ugly Grill, TechTechPotato, The Blood Soaked Survivors, Kyle Siefring "Executor" Level: Arron Washington, Keith Marrocco, Brian Flowers, Meaningless, playceholder, John Swanson, matthew beller, Schi-Schi, admalledd, tdis8629, Kreachers, Guy Chapman, Laura Hertzman "Advocate" Level: Rudolph Bescherer Jr, Firstname Mclastname, JH, Cindy Campbell, Mark Randall, Marcus Agehall, Jonathan Robillard, Justin Waddell, Amanda Gillies, Tony Cruickshank, Stefan Persson, Alexander Sihn, Gregory Ford, Brody Eastwood, Andrew Reid, Dzyan, Chris Lindsay, TEEKAY, Rico Robbins, Kai Raphahn, Andrew "FastLizard4" Adams, David Zaslavsky, Jessica Pearson, AniLunchbox, Daniel Ducharme, Ph.D., Kean, Brian, Jack Draak, Scott F. Comstock, James Melanson, Alan Nise, The Disturbed Angel, eyebrows360, Raindrop Works, Chris Hilliard, Eric Barker, Gef the Mongoose, keeping up with the Devilment on weekends, DrakeDT, Lawrence Groupe, Michael, Andrew Venier, Bill Tonnies, Rabid Ronin, Thomas Dinsdale-Young, DrJKL, varia, cwestpha, Bill Somerville, Mike Dunford, Peter Huston, Evan Davis, Michael Stokes-Byrne, Jorge Vittes, Nate Gray, Tymorus, Violet Bosveld, Bryan Lubeck, Alisdair Meredith, Kris Hetzel, Christina B, Jennifer and David Brock, Blueberry Hill, Andrew, Rita Loy, arkiandruski, Mian, crystalvala, Michael White, Curtis Donelson, B-System, Caleb Begly Fun and Tech, Teryn Bence, Dean Maurer 00:00 - Introduction 02:00 - The Opinion 03:19 - Expedited Subpoenas for Internet Subscriber's Indentities 07:08 - BitTorrent 08:13 - Copyright Holders Monitor Torrent Trackers 10:51 - Analysis: 512(h) Subpoena Validity to 512(a) Provider 16:19 - Capstone's Arguments for the Subpoenas 19:14 - The Court's Response 22:17 - The Court's Conclusion 22:40 - Leonard Thoughts