Comcast is not a law enforcement agency, neither is the RIAA. In doing what they did both Comcast and the RIAA circumvented the law. The RIAA did not initiate legal proceedings against this idividual, they simply referred her to a collection agency, therefore no court order, and no subpoena. Comcast was under no legal obligation to turn over private information to the RIAA and who knows why they did. Money perhaps.
Let me ask you this; If a court order is required to tap a person's telephone, or even intercept a person's mail, then why should we accept that our rights to privacy are forfeit only because the medium we use to communicate makes it easier to monitor and record our actions and information we send and receive?
Our internet activity is not public knowledge and must be protected as our telephone conversations and mail.
If the RIAA wants to collect revenue for stolen music, then let them do it legally.

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