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MTU President Peeved At RIAA

Posted by michael on from the fully-cooperating-site dept.

mcdude writes "The president of Michigan Technological University has responded to the RIAA suit against one of his students, accusing the RIAA of encouraging cooperation with universities but then bypassing those procedures with the current suit. Curtis Tompkins says, 'I am very disappointed that the RIAA decided to take this action in this manner. As a fully cooperating site, we would have expected the courtesy of being notified early and allowing us to take action following established procedures, instead of allowing it to get to the point of lawsuits and publicity.'" Attention universities: lawsuits are your reward for being a "fully-cooperating site". If you missed the lawsuit news, see our earlier story.

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  1. The Current Stunt by Michael_Burton · · Score: 5, Funny

    accusing the RIAA of encouraging cooperation with universities but then bypassing those procedures with the current suit

    For some reason, I mis-read "suit" as "stunt." On reflection, I do believe I had it right the first time.

    Awful lot of law-stunts going on these days.

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    When all you have is an axe, everything looks like a grindstone.
  2. Am I the only one who thought... by Bazzargh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maximum transmission unit President? Who does he report to - the Emperor of TCP/IP?

  3. Pick your targets well by jhines · · Score: 5, Funny

    They pick a small technical school (no offense to MTU). If they want some publicity, they should go after a large law school.

    Oh, yeah, they want good publicity.

  4. Letter starts well, by goldcd · · Score: 4, Funny

    fair points, well made etc. Builds a little, seeming to draw to the conclusion and then ends with

    Taking all of this into consideration, we realize the seriousness of the allegations against Mr. Nievelt and will cooperate fully in resolving this matter.

    Was I the only one expecting to see "Fuck You" - maybe even all in caps?

  5. Too busy by Kakarat · · Score: 5, Funny
    Our Information Technology department, upon receiving this letter, contacted your office twice by phone (leaving messages for Jonathon Whitehead) and three times by e-mail in an effort to update our reference materials and procedures with you.

    Your organization responded to none of these messages.

    That's because everyone in the RIAA was too busy either pushing lawsuits or restoring backup copies of their webpage.

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    "I bet I'll get blamed for this." --Mayor Quimby
  6. Reminds me of that scene in Star Wars... by gpinzone · · Score: 5, Funny

    (Modified a bit...)

    LANDO: LAWSUITS? That was never part of the deal!

    DARTH VADER: I'm altering the deal. Pray that I do not alter it any further.

    Vader leaves

    LANDO (to himself): This deal is getting worse all the time!