Congress asks Schools About Piracy
RIAA has co-opted a group from Congress in its ongoing fight against schools. The Congressmen include both Democrats and Republicans and sent a letter to 19 universities including Howard University, …
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Judge Rules RIAA Can’t Force College to Identify Students Without Notice
Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia in Capitol v. Does 1-16 denied RIAA's ex-parte motion to force the university of new mexico to disclose the identities of its students.
RIAA ex-parte motions ar…
Open Letter to Universities Whose Students Have Been Targeted by the RIAA
Over the past six months RIAA has renewed its pressure on schools to be their proxy in copyright infringement lawsuits (RIAA To Schools: Can I Add You To My Circle?). The recording industry has exper…
How Important is Bit Rate?
Posted in Education, Technology on June 19th, 2007
The New York Times ask this question in Where's the Other Half of Your Music File? While data storage for drives in computer and portable music players has zoomed over the past decade, the digitiz…
Attorneys Fight For Students
RIAA has entered a new stage in its fight to tame wild college students. In addition to suing students directly, it's pressed the school themselves with limited progress to restrict access to P2P …
Stanford Starts Three Strikes Rule
Posted in Education, RIAA, IFPI on May 26th, 2007
stanford university has created a DMCA policy to comply with RIAA demands that it control its students. The University claims that responding to RIAA complaints takes up the time of three full-time em…
Digital Music Primer
Posted in Education on October 11th, 2006
You've got digital music questions? Cnet has the answers in its online workshop Digital Music in the Home. Six lessons teach you everything you need to know about how to create, manage, share, and…
