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Judge: Schools Don't Have to Help Music Industry

Posted by timothy on from the judicious dept.

peg0cjs writes "www.canoe.ca reports that a federal magistrate has ruled that two North Carolina universities do not have to reveal the identities of two students accused of sharing copyrighted music on the Internet. U.S. Magistrate Judge Russell A. Eliason ruled that the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University do not need to cooperate with the RIAA in identifying two students accused of music piracy. The two unnamed students, who go by the aliases "hulk" and "CadillacMan", allegedly used University computer systems to distribute copyrighted material. The lawyer for one student said, 'We would never condone music piracy. What we're interested in is the rights of the individual -- privacy rights being protected.'"

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  1. Woohoo by Eric(b0mb)Dennis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good: 1
    Evil: 42

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    Excuse me, I don't mean to impose, but I am the ocean
    1. Re:Woohoo by Pyrion · · Score: 5, Funny

      Evil will always triumph because good is dumb.

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      "There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge." - Bertrand Russell.
  2. Punishment and Crime by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Funny
    > The two unnamed students, who go by the aliases "hulk" and "CadillacMan", allegedly used University computer systems to distribute copyrighted material. The lawyer for one student said, 'We would never condone music piracy. What we're interested in is the rights of the individual -- privacy rights being protected.'"

    ...because having the entire campus knowing you call yourself "hulk" or "CadillacMan" would be cruel and unusual punishment, even by RIAA's shockingly abhorrent standards.

  3. Ha ha ha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Note to RIAA: Not ALL our base belong to you.

  4. CadillacMan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yea Biotch!

    I own this school! wooo! Party on Wilmington St tonight! gonna get LAID!

  5. In the words of Ali G by kevin_conaway · · Score: 4, Funny

    Booyakasha!

  6. Isn't theft a stepping stone to terrorism? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait! Aren't we all supposed to be on the same Team here? There's no "I" in "SCHOOL"
    I'm sure most people in the music industry at one time went to school, right? Therefore schools should be helping the music industry. It's plain and simple "IF A THEN B" logic, people.

    Oh won't someone PLEASE think of the children!
    Or at least think of how Chewbacca, living on Endor would gladly give up his privacy rights to help out the music industry.

    (yeah, yeah...mod me either off topic or funny)

  7. In other news.... by metoc · · Score: 4, Funny

    All government funding to the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University was suspended today for failing to trample all over students right to privacy and bowing down to commercial interests.

    Unnamed sources were quoted as saying that individuals attending any organization receiving government funds have no expectation of privacy.