University of Ohio Abandons Students Attacked by RIAA

newtley writes "The University of Ohio was putting a brave face on being #1 on the RIAA hit list, but it now appears they have caved in to RIAA intimidation. Now, 'It appears that many institutions are simply prepared to wash their hands, refusing even to question the tactics of the industry,' let alone giving students meaningful legal assistance, says Ohio lawyer Joe Hazelbaker. He's written to OU associate director of legal affairs Barbara Nalazek saying, 'Ohio University has an obligation to protect the privacy of its students and their records, which includes directory information.' The Recording Industry vs. The People blog is hosting a letter universities whose students being attacked might want to consider."

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Re:Slashdot's hugely biased reporting

[Overly Critical Guy]

Yet another pro-piracy argument intended to make pirates feel better about what they do: "Artists don't make any money from record sales anyway."

Pirating an artist's music because you don't think they make enough money makes as much sense as fucking for virginity.

You're just making sure they get NO money at all. You also want to ignore that they willingly signed their contract, and that they will have reduced sales figures which means they risk getting dropped from the label due to lack of sales and inability to recoup the recording and marketing costs that were agreed upon in the contract.

Give artists money? Go to their concerts and buy all the junk there.

Ah, the ol' classic "someone else will pay them for their work" canard.