Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 112 Part 5.djvu/126

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112 STAT. 2884 PUBLIC LAW 105-304—OCT. 28, 1998 be used for the purpose of protecting rights under this title. "(3) CONTENTS OF SUBPOENA.— The subpoena shall authorize and order the service provider receiving the notification and the subpoena to expeditiously disclose to the copyright owner or person authorized by the copyright owner information sufficient to identify the alleged infringer of the material described in the notification to the extent such information is available to the service provider. "(4) BASIS FOR GRANTING SUBPOENA.— I f the notification filed satisfies the provisions of subsection (c)(3)(A), the proposed subpoena is in proper form, and the accompanying declaration is properly executed, the clerk shall expeditiously issue and sign the proposed subpoena and return it to the requester for delivery to the service provider. " (5) ACTIONS OF SERVICE PROVIDER RECEIVING SUBPOENA.— Upon receipt of the issued subpoena, either accompanying or subsequent to the receipt of a notification described in subsection (c)(3)(A), the service provider shall expeditiously disclose to the copyright owner or person authorized by the copyright owner the information required by the subpoena, notwithstanding any other provision of law and regardless of whether the service provider responds to the notification. " (6) RULES APPLICABLE TO SUBPOENA. — Unless otherwise provided by this section or by applicable rules of the court, the procedure for issuance and delivery of the subpoena, and the remedies for noncompliance with the subpoena, shall be governed to the greatest extent practicable by those provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure governing the issuance, service, and enforcement of a subpoena duces tecum. " (i) CONDITIONS FOR ELIGIBILITY.— "(1) ACCOMMODATION OF TECHNOLOGY.—The limitations on liability established by this section shall apply to a service provider only if the service provider— "(A) has adopted and reasonably implemented, and informs subscribers and account holders of the service provider's system or network of, a policy that provides for the termination in appropriate circumstances of subscribers and account holders of the service provider's system or network who are repeat infringers; and "(B) accommodates and does not interfere with standard technical measures. "(2) DEFINITION.— As used in this subsection, the term 'standard technical measures' means technical measures that are used by copyright owners to identify or protect copyrighted works and— "(A) have been developed pursuant to a broad consensus of copyright owners and service providers in an open, fair, voluntary, multi-industry standards process; "(B) are available to any person on reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms; and "(C) do not impose substantial costs on service providers or substantial burdens on their systems or networks. Applicability. "(j) INJUNCTIONS. —The following rules shall apply in the case of any application for an injunction under section 502 against a service provider that is not subject to monetary remedies under this section: