blog.wired.com — Today, I received an email apparently sent by Paul Howell, Chief Information Technology Security Officer of the University of Michigan to all of the university's faculty and staff. In the email, Howell writes that the university is in the process of identifying to the RIAA the twelve students belonging to the IP addresses on the RIAA's hit list,
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cawpinMar 15, 2007
@danep - That's all fine and dandy. The university should tell that to the RIAA. They aren't the law. They asked for the information WITHOUT a subpoena.
samuraipandaMar 15, 2007
Sorry for the double post, but some of you are complaining about race being in the admissions process...There was a law passed in Michigan (Proposal 2) which removes any type of Affirmative Action, which is where the slight "bonus" from race/sex came from, so your complaint has already been taken care of.
germanopinionMar 15, 2007
badjohny asked: "When did we reach a point when the choice on buying was: pay the asking price, or stealing?"When did you see a price tag on an mp3 file? Or more concrete: When did you even see an mp3 for sale in the first place from those RIAA members that sue mp3 loving students?Those plaintiffs do NOT offer to sell the product that those students "steal".No offer to sell = no damage from "lost sales"BTW: the story is inaccurate, and was updated in the meantimeThe stupidity and technophobia of the record labels isn't the fault of those kids/students that want troublefree mp3.
actorboyMar 15, 2007
"the michigan i remember would stay true to it's students rights."You mean the rights of its students to set up an illegal distribution system for the creative works of other people?
linuxpenguinMar 16, 2007
WTF?U of M (well, at least the real U of M in Dearborn) doesn't have dorms. . . why are students downloading MP3s to school computers?Plus any CS major knows how to get around such limitations. My school blocks BitTorrent, but I can still download torrents through an SSH connection.
ibeaspecialboyMar 18, 2007
I am actually glad, there are people that use bit torrent on the campus network 24/7 and it is steeling our bandwidth. There is nothing worse then when you have submit homework via the web by 11:59 when its 11:55 and you have internet access because someone is using all the allocated bandwidth for your floor.
Closed AccountMar 21, 2007
In my eyes the rankings of Wisco's programs are close enough to Ann Arbors to where I would prefer Wisconsin anyway because I think the campus is sweeter. So this was just re-affirming. So in my case I don't think it's stupid at all. It's in my best interest not to get sued while at school.
10001Jul 2, 2007
riight like underaged drinking?fascist private universities will have a hard time recruiting new students
10001Jul 2, 2007
fascist private universities will have a hard time recruiting new students