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The case arose from efforts by the recording association to track down a customer of Verizon Communications Inc. who was freely sharing copies of more than 600 songs by well-known artists.

Sherman said that his organization, once it knows the identity of the Verizon customer, would "let them know that what they are doing is illegal."

Verizon had resisted the music industry's subpoena to identify its customer, saying it could turn Internet providers into a turnstile for piracy suits and put innocent customers at risk.

Through programs like Kazaa, Morpheus and Gnutella, a person can find virtually any song or movie -- sometimes even before it's released in stores -- and download it for free. On a typical afternoon, about 3 million people were connected on the Kazaa network and sharing more than 500 million files.