Oklahoma State Gives Student Names to RIAA

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Oklahoma State Surrenders File Sharers to RIAA

Following the footsteps of dozens of other colleges, Oklahoma State University on Tuesday forwarded student identities to the Recording Industry Association of America, according to the school's lawyer.

School attorney Michael Scott Fern said the university supplied 11 names to comply with a court order in a lawsuit brought by the RIAA, which accuses the students of unlawfully downloading copyrighted recordings via the school's servers.

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Few universities fight the RIAA on their students' behalf.

One that is doing so is the University of Oregon. Among other things, Oregon's attorney general claims disclosing the names is a violation of the students' privacy and that it's impossible to know for sure if a given student was the actual one doing the downloading.

Wired News

[f the letter]

1. An IP address linked to a student's computer is not proof of a crime

But it is private information and the school has no business sharing it. But now that telecom companies have retroactive immunity for anything they do, well, fuck it, right?

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2. When thinking about which school to attend ... it would be prudent to know

which one will give you up to RIAA.

[Carmenzabono]

3. That is outrageous

This is unconstitutional.

[Gandolph]

4. kick n/t