In an appeal of a case between Charter Communications and the RIAA, a three judge federals appeals court ruled that the RIAA must follow the normal process of judicial review when submitting subpeonas for details regarding individuals on file-sharing networks. The RIAA was bypassing the review process, claiming simply filing the subpeona was sufficeint, rathet then waiting for a judge to approve the subpeona and inform the alleged infringing individual. The Supreme Court had rejected, without even a comment, an appeal brought by the RIAA around a similar decision made in a case between the RIAA and Verizon.
