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MIT, Boston College Refuse DMCA Subpoenas

Posted by michael on from the offer-they-could-refuse dept.

phreakmonkey writes "Here's an interesting change of pace- According to today's Boston Globe, MIT and Boston College have both refused to turn over the identities of students to the RIAA under subpoenas. Citing failure of compliance with court rules and student privacy concerns, both colleges have refused to give out the names, addresses, or phone numbers of students based on their Kazaa screen names and IP addresses. I wonder how long the schools will be able to keep the RIAA's pack of lawyers at bay..."

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  1. Harvard by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd be impressed if Harvard did it... I'm fairly certain that they have enough lawyers to defend against the likes of the RIAA :)

    1. Re:Harvard by tarquin_fim_bim · · Score: 5, Funny

      So where do you think the RIAA lawyers came from? Eastern Europe perhaps?

  2. Good for them... by blackmonday · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine the turmoil to a school administrator, knowing their students' life savings are about to get sucked up by the RIAA for sharing a few songs.

    I hope more colleges follow their lead.

    1. Re:Good for them... by jedidiah · · Score: 5, Funny

      Exactly. The Universities want to be first in line to get a student's money. They also want to be first in line to get their money after they graduate. Thus, they also have a vested interested in the future solvency and wealth of their students.

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  3. MIT eh ? by FrankoBoy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Would be sweet if the nerds down there would unleash some futuristic greedy-bastard-ass-kicking robots as a preemptive strike ;)

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    1. Re:MIT eh ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      So that's how Skynet _really_ got started.

  4. Re:umm, excuse me, RIAA? by austad · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not OK to share Metallica tunes! Have you heard their latest album? It's crap, and it's a waste of valuble bandwidth.

    I bet making shitty music is their new plan to stop people from sharing it. They should should send this idea over to the patent department, I'm sure it would go right through.

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