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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. FR2FR2FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is the first reply to the first reply to the first post. Good day to you, sir.

  2. Re:WSU's RIAA policy. by Phroon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Since the moment you plug your computer into the university network you have agreed to have not only your computer searched at the universities discretion but also to have your files deleted at the universities discretion.
    What? Is this Washington State University, as in funded by the government? As in not a private school? Isn't this a flagrant, blatant violation of the 4th amendment?

    Amendment IV: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
    I refuse to have one civil liberty grated to me, only to have another taken away.