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Originally Posted by gekko
Again, it's not an university issue. If a student commits a crime that costs the record industry thousands of dollars, the RIAA will sue and get their money. The university is required by law to give out the names, too bad for them.
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Trueeeee. Looking at it in this context, the university is just like any other ISP. University students might be shielded in other aspects of life by their school, but in these soon-to-be instances, the universities are providing people (students in this case) with access to the internet, and if the RIAA comes after the students for illegal activity, the schools (who are acting like any other internet service provider) have no real choice but to fork over the info.