Comments on: Milwaukee says NO to RIAA

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By: KO

KO — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:29:28 +0000

I glad they do this. for time been I guess they will be out of RIAA hand . cause I doubt RIAA want to really bring all the student to court since they had been losing much in court these days . making more noise in court will give RIAA disadvantage .

By: Yatti

Yatti — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:27:01 +0000

Glad to see some Uni’s throwing these out… It is an absolute joke.. Send them proof and RIAA will get what they want..

By: heavybags

heavybags — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:23:03 +0000

do you work for the RIAA jose?

[quote comment="74089"]In fact, it looks to me that the bureaucrats are violating their ethical duty and legal obligations to the students at issue, and should themselves be subjected to liability from the students.[/quote]

maybe you missed this part of the email quoted above:

[quote]After consultation with UW System, our own legal counsel and with our understanding of federal law,[/quote]

I’m fairly sure that the legal department of a large university is way more qualified than you, in determining what action they should take in regards to these extortion letters.

By: Pariah

Pariah — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:47:04 +0000

I disagree. The RIAA ASKS the universities to forward letters. The RIAA wants to use universities as puppets in its terrible game. Universities shouldn’t have to comply with the RIAA. The RIAA should do the work themselves if they want to be moronic. Don’t think that the RIAA will still send the letters, but the university won’t give them to the students; think that the RIAA asks the university, the university says “go f**k your mother,” and the RIAA has to find another way.

By: Jose

Jose — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:11:33 +0000

The University is screwing the students.

The RIAA letter to be sent to the student, asks for a monetary settlement, in lieu of being sued.

The student should at least be allowed to know he is being written to, and to have a chance to settle on terms the student chooses.

By keeping the students in the dark, the university bureaucrats make it likely that the student WILL be sued. And as the bureaucrats admit, they WILL comply with a routine subpoena and hand over all the information identifying the student so he can be named in a federal copyright suit.

The copyright suit is FAR more expensive to the student than would be an inexpensive settlement slap on the wrist, and promise not to do it again. In addition, the suit becomes a matter of public record, screwing up everything from credit rating to security clearance for years to come.

The university bureaucrats think they’re saying “f..k you” to the rights owners. But they’re really sayhing “f..k you” to their own students.

In fact, it looks to me that the bureaucrats are violating their ethical duty and legal obligations to the students at issue, and should themselves be subjected to liability from the students.

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