The University of Oregon just became the first institution in this whole RIAA mess to not hand over the suspected file-sharers names when served with a subpoena. Part of their rationale was that five of the John Does lived in double dorm rooms, and so there's no way of knowing which student the RIAA is looking for, or even if it were a visitor. (Incidentally, this bodes well for me, and I hope NYU is taking notes.) The really cool thing is that the State AG is totally behind the school in filing the motion. What I'm wondering is whether (and how) this is substantially different, in a technical sense, from the Jammie Thomas case: both she and the university (on behalf of the students) argue that there's no way of identifying the actual human being behind the IP address. Could the RIAA find more information without the help of U of O, or are they effectively shut down here?
Slashdot: http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/11/02/1317240.shtml RIAA v. People: http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007/11/oregon-attorney-general-says-no-to-riaa.html -Parker (Higgins)
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