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Complaint From Recording Industry Almost Closes Down a Penn State Astronomy Server

A case of mistaken identity perpetrated by a temporary recording-industry employee looking for illegal file sharing came close to shutting down an academic server in Pennsylvania State University's astronomy department during final exams.

The Recording Industry Association of America sent a letter under the Digital Millennium Copyright...

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