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RIAA Apologizes for Incorrect Infringement Notice

Posted by timothy on from the oopsie dept.

theradixhunter writes "News.com is reporting that the RIAA has apologized to the Pennsylvania State University for sending a threatening letter making an incorrect allegations of copyright violations. It appears that the automated system that the RIAA uses picked the term "Usher" and the extenstion ".mp3" on an FTP site hosting the work of Professor Emeritus Peter Usher and falsely assumed that the files were songs by the musician Usher. The university accepted the apology saying "that this was an honest mistake by the recording industry" and Spokesman Tysen Kendig said Penn State "remains committed to working closely with the RIAA"."

12 of 483 comments (clear)

  1. w0w. My 14th fp. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    w000t. This is really cool.

  2. Typical Hot heads by Goalie_Ca · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I thinks its funny. How come they never downloaded the file to see that it was bogus. I mean, common, just a filename alone doesn't mean a thing. ps:I made the First post :D. I fluke out A LOT!!! I visit like 3 times a day. Man, i need some lottery tickets.

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  3. Hit Me Baby One More Time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh by the way, the .mp3 "Britney Spears - Hit Me Baby One More Time" is a song done by Britney Spears et al.

  4. I'm a crook by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm a crook!
    Cuff me!
    I admit it!
    I stole the money!
    And bombed the safe!
    I'm a crook! Arrest me!
    I tear the pants off of Kings!
    I admit it! I'm a rascal! Jail me! Enslave me! Mod me up +1 insightful!

  5. Re:Perfectly reasonable by Gortbusters.org · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Perhaps, but I would allow people to download as many Usher mp3s as they wanted so that I could be free to download my taste of music.

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  6. Re:Like MS Office vs OpenOffice.org by Gortbusters.org · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Iraq anyone?

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  7. Re:I believe RIAA is responsible for the new virus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hurrah, that was remarkable. Very funny! (I assume you were satirizing?) Just in case... I don't think I want to see you soon.

  8. Re:A Small Victory, Perhaps... by AftanGustur · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    Hey, it's like Iraq... attack first, find no weapons of mass destruction, and apologize later! It's almost laughable! ... if it wasn't so scary.

    You are forgetting that having WMS wasn't sufficient enough reason to attack Iraq. The USA claimed that
    1) Iraq Had WMD
    2) Iraq had very friendly ties with terror groups
    3) Iraq was ready to give WMD to those terror groups.

    So, even if they find WMD, they still have to proove 2) and 3) to justify the war ...

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  9. Annoy a spammer! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Phone +49 651 1 46 09 52.

    Day and night!

  10. Re:So... by hdparm · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Right. This way, it's exactly like the old joke:

    Daddy rabbit teaches his son the art of fucking. He puts 3 chick rabbits on line and tells his son:

    Watch carefully, I can't do this often. Then he turns to chicks and goes 1,2,3,done. Did you get it, son?

    Oh, no problem, it looked rather easy. Let me try.

    He puts same 3 chicks on line and goes 1,2,3,4....ooooops, sorry dad!

  11. Re:A Small Victory, Perhaps... by hdparm · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    No, he is forgetting

    4. ***

    5. Profit!

    That's what this was all about.

  12. Re:A Small Victory, Perhaps... by Tim+Doran · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Don't forget:

    4) We must free the Iraqi people!

    ...so in addition to proving points 1-3, they must establish a free society with the full support of the "free" Iraqis. They didn't have much luck with that in Afghanistan.