News America, Inc. v. Google Inc. (Letter) [1]

An anonymous blogger posted the entire contents of the New York Post's Page Six column on a blog without advertisements. On July 8, 2005, counsel for News America (the parent company of the Post) sent Google (the parent company of Blogger) a takedown notice pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). In the letter, counsel for News America asserted that the blog's use of Page Six content constituted copyright infringement and requested that Google remove or disable access to the blog. Counsel also requested that Google disclose contact information for the blogger. Google disabled access to the blog, but did not respond to the informal request to disclose identity of the Page Six blogger.

On August 4, 2005, News America sought a subpoena in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California to compel disclosure of the blogger's identity. Please see the CMLP's database entry on the related subpoena [2].