July 25, 2003

Recording Industry Forces Universities to Identify Students Suspected of Music Piracy

The Recording Industry Association of America has issued subpoenas to at least six colleges ordering them to hand over the names of students whom the association suspects of offering music over university networks in violation of copyright law.

Earlier this month, subpoenas were issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to Bentley and Boston Colleges, DePaul and Northeastern Universities, Loyola University Chicago, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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