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RIAA To Subpoena Univ. of Michigan Names

Posted by timothy on from the when-privacy-and-copyright-beams-cross dept.

uofmtech writes "This morning's Michigan Daily is reporting that the RIAA will be subpoenaing the University of Michigan for the names of nine students suspected of file-sharing. University General Counsel Jack Bernard has said 'We are waiting to receive them ... (t)hese are very difficult subpoenas to refuse.' The RIAA had previously notified the University they were looking into this, but the University has tended to handle such matters internally."

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  1. Goverment = Proxy for Big Corps by cyberlotnet · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I am just plain sick of the direction things are going in the good old USA.

    What can I look forward to in the next 30 years.
    Medicare is failing
    Social Security will be gone
    Our rights our being stripped

    This is just another example of the slow erosion of the fountain this country was founded on.

    http://yro.slashdot.org/~cyberlotnet/journal/661 66

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  2. Speaking of monopolies by Medinole · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    At least other companies have the ability to compete with M$, the British owned DeBeers has complete dominance over the diamond market. But the EU doesn't have a problem with a monopoly as long as one of their own is making money off of it. Who really cares if M$ bundles its media player with its OS, would you rather pay more money to buy it seperately?