Comments on: Court Orders Unmasking Subpoena of Alleged Infringers–Baugher v. GoDaddy https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2021/10/court-orders-unmasking-subpoena-of-alleged-infringers-baugher-v-godaddy.htm Sat, 16 Aug 2025 17:01:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: Gordon Firemark https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2021/10/court-orders-unmasking-subpoena-of-alleged-infringers-baugher-v-godaddy.htm#comment-3147 Wed, 27 Oct 2021 15:47:00 +0000 https://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=23211#comment-3147 Eric, you say:
“The DMCA says the subpoenaed information may be used only for copyright enforcement purposes, but there’s no practical way to enforce this, and I can’t think of anyone who has tried. Nevertheless, the court says the statutory limitation is good enough to address the bloggers’ fears of misuse, so the subpoena must be honored.”

Here’s my thought… might the Court issuing the unmasking subpoena have power to hold a misuser of the identity information (such as to get alleged infringer fired) in contempt?

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