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University of Wisconsin-Madison Bucks RIAA
stephencrane informs us of an interesting development at UW Madison. The school, along with many others, has been sent "settlement letters" by the RIAA with instructions to forward them to particular students (or other university community members) that the RIAA believes guilty of illegal filesharing. The letters order the assumed filesharers to identify themselves and to pay for the content they are supposed to have "pirated." The university has sent a blanket letter to all students, reiterating the school's acceptable use policies, but has refused to forward individual letters without a valid subpoena. This lawyer's blog reproduces the letter. The campus newspaper has some coverage on the university's stance.
Thank you. Mod me off topic, but I'm so fucking sick of seeing Hitler/Nazi comparisons bandied about like that.
because using strong-arm tactics to corner a market, financially ruin families, and hamstring technological advances is just like committing genocide...
The RIAA is bad, but they're nothing compared to the Nazis.
The parent is right, it's an unfair comparison.
The Nazi party spent around ten years building up to genocide, I say we give the RIAA a little more time.
Oh noes! my precious Karma... what will I ever do if I get modded down :-P
Help I'm a rock.