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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. someone should write a virus that... by mgoodman · · Score: 0, Redundant

    installs the common file swapping software (kazaa, winmx, etc.) and shares a users' mp3 files on it. that way everyone can just claim that they got a virus and didn't break the law. and some nice person may even be nice enough to bring up racketeering charges against the riaa on the grounds that they created the virus just to sue people. woot.

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