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Do RIAA Demands Violate FERPA Protections?

Posted by timothy on from the what-and-let-the-miscreants-get-away dept.

jorr writes "Bob Liu's commentary 'Copyrights: More Work, More Headaches' questions whether the demands from the RIAA violates due process. He states 'According to FERPA, school officials are permitted to access student records but outside organizations like RIAA would need "to comply with a judicial order or lawfully issued subpoena."'"

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  1. Media is already too expensive! by CokoBWare · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How come no one ever addresses the issue that students who have managed to scrape a computer together probably can't afford to pay for expensive music and movies. This is not to condone the actions of the students, but certainly points to the motivation for piracy. If the students can't afford it, some of them will unfortunately steal it.

  2. Badly Writen by McPLUR · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Aside from other various mistakes in the article, this one stood out like a sore thumb.

    "...a Verizon DSL user that knowingly and repeatedly infringed on copyrights."

    And how exactly does Mr. Bob Liu know this information?

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