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UWM Refusing to Gives Names of Downloaders to RIAA
    #6712622 - 03/26/07 11:19 AM (17 years, 1 month ago)

This letter was just in my mailbox this morning. I'm not sure if its a courageous stand by my school, or if alot of places are doing this. I dont really download anything from school, so I'm not sure what the bearing of this is...

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SUBJECT: Illegal File Sharing at UWM

This announcement is being sent to all known UWM faculty, staff and
student e-mail addresses.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has recently
increased its threat of lawsuits against students and others who engage
in illegal digital file sharing. This is in response to perceived
violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, which
specifically addresses copyright infringement of digital materials such
as music, movies and software.

As you may know from recent press reports, the RIAA is now targeting
individuals who live in university residence halls or use university
computing resources. Because the RIAA can only identify violators by
their ISP (Internet Service Provider) identifier, they are sending
letters to universities requesting that these letters be forwarded to
students, faculty and staff.

The RIAA notified UWM of its plans to send settlement proposal letters
for individuals on the UWM campus whom they believe are guilty of
violating federal copyright laws. These letters request that a monetary
settlement be made by the violator in lieu of court action by the RIAA.

After consultation with UW System, our own legal counsel and with our
understanding of federal law, UWM has decided that these letters will
not be passed on to individuals. However, should RIAA send UWM a lawful
subpoena for users’ account information, UWM will comply.


It is important to be aware of copyright law and avoid illegal P2P
(peer-to-peer) file sharing.

For more information, visit the UWM Information Security Web Site at
https://www3.uwm.edu/imt/security/index.cfm.

If you have questions, please e-mail dmca@uwm.edu.




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Re: UWM Refusing to Gives Names of Downloaders to RIAA [Re: Madtowntripper]
    #6713781 - 03/26/07 06:13 PM (17 years, 1 month ago)

Most schools have gone out of their way to be the RIAA's bitch, even going so far as paying to keep someone on their staff who meets with students and blabs a bunch of misleading propaganda at them.

Very few schools seem to have had the dignity to tell the RIAA to fuck off. You're fortunate to be at a school that has a sensible idea of copyright.


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