> > Incidentally, this bodes well for me, and I hope NYU is taking notes. >
I know this is a little late, but I just wanted to say that if you disagree with the RIAA's actions (as presumably most of us do) then I'm curious as to how you ethically defend file-sharing RIAA affiliated music and hoping to not get caught. If you think the RIAA's actions are unlawful or unconstitutional, it is your civic duty as a citizen of this country to challenge them in court (that is, intentionally get caught and fight it.) If you don't feel like you can challenge the constitutionality of the laws the RIAA hides behind, then you should boycott all music and artists affiliated with the RIAA and loudly support (and share) the music of artists and labels that you feel are doing things correctly. I have a hard time seeing any other choice of actions as ethically sound, but I'm willing to hear an argument in opposition if you have one. angel. On Nov 3, 2007 9:34 AM, Parker Higgins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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) > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >
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