A U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania ruled last week that ISPs must put their customers on notice before turning customer information over to a subpoenaing party, in this case the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Because customers of ISPs are often not in the same jurisdiction as the ISP, a customer may have a valid basis for raising the issue of whether the Court issuing the subpoena has jurisdiction over them at all, and may therefore be able to successfully contest the subpoenaing of their personal information from the ISP.

In fact, the Court’s ruling includes an order that ISPs [Continued...]