RIAA Apologizes for Incorrect Infringement Notice

Posted by timothy on Monday May 12, 2003 @04:09PM 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"."

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Another anti-RIAA tactic? by Ryan+Amos · 2003-05-12 17:02 · Score: 0, Redundant

You could post a lot of MP3s to a website and say they're popular artists.. But have them be filled with something public domain. When they sue you, just claim "Oh, well it wasn't really this file.. download it first, jackass." It'll raise their legal costs (they actually have to CHECK their facts) and maybe they'll stop bothering because it gets so expensive. Or not.