>>4297707DMCA Section 512(h) provides a pre-litigation subpoena process for acquiring subscriber information from any[1] service provider in the United States, or anywhere that might honor an American court order. These are proper orders from the Court with the full force and power of the United States Federal Government behind them. They cannot be ignored.
These instructions are for educational purposes. Do not break the law or defraud the Court. I am not an attorney and this is not legal advice. Read the law: 17 U.S. Code S 512 .
Find a service that your target posts on.
Issue a DMCA S 512(c)(3) takedown notice. This is a formal copyright complaint.
Prepare the following documents. AI can generate these.
A request to the clerk to issue the subpoena.
A proposed subpoena (Form AO 88B or a court-specific template), directed to the service provider, ordering them to disclose identifying information about the alleged infringer "sufficient for the copyright owner to pursue their rights" (i.e. dox to find them and serve them a lawsuit).
A copy of the S 512(c)(3) notification (or a statement that one was sent).
Include a sworn declaration stating the subpoena will only be used to protect your 17 U.S.C. S 512 rights (copyright only, not defamation).
File with the clerk of any U.S. District Court.
Pay the filing fee. The standard fee is $49.
Wait for it to be granted. The 512(h) provides no sanity checks. The Court will almost always grant it. Northern District of California prints these routinely.
Send the subpoena to the service provider.
Wait for the dox. It's coming to you on a silver platter. Almost no service provider will pay for lawyers to defend some random guy's personal information.
That's all. Unless the target has maintained opsec so good that the U.S. Federal Government wouldn't be able to subpoena their way to finding them, you can use this mechanism to dox anyone.
Yes, it's that easy.