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20 May
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An interesting approach to p2p at school…

The Missouri University of Science and Technology has taken a new and interesting approach to dealing with copyright infringement for students living on campus; up to 8 times a month, for 6 hour per…

04 September
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"This is a fight about money, not about morality"

The recording industry has been focusing its PR the past several months on co-opting schools in its fight against copyright infringement by college students. EFF Senior Staff Attorney Fred von Lohmann…

23 July
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Judge Rules RIAA Can’t Force College to Identify Students Without Notice

Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia in Capitol v. Does 1-16 denied RIAA's ex-parte motion to force the university of new mexico to disclose the identities of its students.

RIAA ex-parte motions ar…

19 June
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How Important is Bit Rate?

The New York Times ask this question in Where's the Other Half of Your Music File? While data storage for drives in computer and portable music players has zoomed over the past decade, the digitiz…

14 June
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Attorneys Fight For Students

RIAA has entered a new stage in its fight to tame wild college students. In addition to suing students directly, it's pressed the school themselves with limited progress to restrict access to P2P …

26 May
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Stanford Starts Three Strikes Rule

stanford university has created a DMCA policy to comply with RIAA demands that it control its students. The University claims that responding to RIAA complaints takes up the time of three full-time em…

11 October
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Digital Music Primer

You've got digital music questions? Cnet has the answers in its online workshop Digital Music in the Home. Six lessons teach you everything you need to know about how to create, manage, share, and…