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University of Washington Will Aid RIAA

Posted by kdawson on from the in-loco-prosecutor dept.

Several readers let us know that the University of Washington has announced that it will pass on RIAA settlement offer letters to students identified, presumably by IP address, as suspected file sharers. "The notices say offending students have 20 days to settle with the association by paying it about $3,000 to $5,000 or be taken to court without possibility of a settlement." The Vice Provost for Student Life sent an email to all students saying, "The University has been notified by the RIAA that we will be receiving a number of these early settlement letters. After careful consideration, we have decided to forward the letters to the alleged copyright violators."

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  1. This just in... by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The MAFIAA is evil, and colleges and universities are spineless. Film at 11:00.

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    1. Re:This just in... by Achromatic1978 · · Score: -1, Flamebait
      Hahaha. Fuck me, that's funny. You start comparing California and Washington based on, uhh, what? Then you admit you haven't the first idea how UW is funded and THEIR budgetary breakdown, but eh, near enough is good enough, so it's "probably the same". You're not pre-law, by any chance?

      You pay for the bandwidth? Sure. And if you paid for the bandwidth, guess what, they'd ask your upstream. I'm failing to see your so-called point.

  2. Your Rights Online by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I've noticed that articles in the YRO category lately aren't what articles in this category used to mean. As in, maybe this belongs in "Your Rights [to Steal Music Online]"... I think many articles in YRO are misplaced.

  3. Re:I still remember the... by Stickiefinger · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    >>then you still get to do it in court. Only if you can afford it. And how many of those that can afford to contest have been charged? >>We have it pretty good today. It'd be better of people voted, but I digress. We?? you mean the healthy white folk? All these retorts of, you get to do in it court, you then qualify that statemen that the legal system is broken.. So what exactly was your point really?? He/she did have some valid points which you destroyed by being semantic - We do have an unjustice war at present sooo

  4. Re:I still remember the... by Bios_Hakr · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And people wonder why their government fails.

    Keep laughing, asshole.

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  5. Re:I still remember the... by Stickiefinger · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Don't be an ass? Your the asswipe, if you are so blind as to not see beyond your own nose of course the majority of people whom are comfortable see it such which is why lack of support for crisis happens such as Katrina and you forgot the underclass you know those people you walk over on your way to work.. What of those screwed over by there HMO's more black youth in prison then getting an education blah friggin blah oh thats right it's all their fault init Why make it personal ya fuckwit