Sure, students are leaving campus for the summer. But the Recording Industry Association of America’s pre-litigation notices are still pouring in: This week the trade group sent 395 of the messages to 19 different colleges.
The industry group has asked campus officials to pass the letters along to students accused of copyright infringement, and many colleges have obliged. Previous pre-litigation notices have told students they have 20 days to settle out of court before the industry files suit. But now that summer has arrived, and students are a bit harder to track down, the industry says it will give potential defendants a bit more time to contemplate a settlement. —Brock Read
4 Responses to RIAA Delivers Another Batch of Pre-Litigation Notices
johnbarnes - April 2, 2012 at 8:02 am
Beautifully on target, and a nice explanation of why I don’t use Facebook and have not turned on the comments on my blog.
How dreary to be Zuckerverbed
How public, like a frog,
To twitter every bug you eat
In yet another blog.
alila - April 2, 2012 at 10:26 am
There seems to be some confusion here in regards to using facebook for business or pleasure. Like any medium, it can function for both. People who use it for business usually have a separate personal account if they wish to use it for that purpose, in order to prevent most of Ms. Ferriss’s complaints.
Yeah, “hawking” your goods on facebook might put you off, but I’ve seen some surprising data on the financial benefits of a “like” or a “share”. It’s easy to be critical, but some people are interested in that kind of information, and I don’t think criticizing people for providing it is entirely fair. (Note: I do not use facebook for business, but I do understand that it can have a place.)
I’m not devotee of facebook, but I’m also a little tired of the trite social critiques. We’ve heard them a thousand times; either use it or don’t.
alila - April 2, 2012 at 10:31 am
Also, there seems to be no dispute with the actual information given. The critique in its essence, wrapped in red herrings, seems to be that marketing has gone too far. Which is a separate issue altogether, and to which I could agree.
dank48 - April 10, 2012 at 4:33 pm
About forty years ago one might have gotten the impression that the future held an infinity of CB radios, to the point where there’d be one included in every new car and pickup. The craze got to the point where police had to issue instructions to people reporting criminal activity not to use CB jargon, so that their reports could be understood.
Maybe Twitter, Facebook, etc. are, in fact, the reason God created the heavens and the earth, so we’d have someplace to stand while we use our toys. Maybe, maybe not.
Tout passe, tout casse, tout lasse.