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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.
You have to remember that the university also recieved government funding, and they would lose that if they supported and aided in crime.
The RIAA already has people they plan to go after, which have cost the industry upwards of $150,000. Businesses don't allow their networks to be used for P2P file sharing, it's the students are Universities who have the high speed connection to make that stuff possible. College students are without a doubt, some of the biggest offenders in both music sharing, and many warez programs as well. Every private server I've ever been on is run from someone currently in college. If the record industry didn't due college kids, they might as well not do anything.
There are no get out of jail free cards. The record industry is losing billions to file sharing. The students are breaking a law, breaking school policy, and doing it on the school's dollar.
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I know universities will dole out names if they're asked, I never said they wouldn't. But there's little point to suing a few college students for $150,000 who wouldn't be able to pay it in any substantial amount. To me it would work better and work without pissing anyone off to work with the universities to stop it wholly and all at once.
But hey, you may be right. This is just what I think.