UW RIAA web page
p2pnet news | RIAA News:- A University of Wisconsin student has set up a webpage which looks very similar in aim and intention to Ray Beckerman’s Recording Industry vs The People.
The school is among those chosen by Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG’s RIAA to have its activities and curriculum seriously dislocated by claims that some of its students are massive online distributors of copyrighted music files.
In the latest outrage, the RIAA is demanding the identities of identifies 24 UW-Madison, 12 UW-Stout, eight UW-Stevens Point, eight UW-Milwaukee, three UW-Eau Claire and one UW-Whitewater students who may, or may not, be associated with IP addresses the Big 4 enforcer claims, but can’t prove, are linked to file sharing.
The RIAA scam is set up so it browbeats staff into handing over student names and the RIAA, then accuses the students without having any hard evidence of any kind of wrongdoing.
It’s a PR exercise which is shockingly effective because most school staffs give in to the RIAA and at its behest, hand out what amount to extortion letters for ’settlements’ of thousands of dollars without anyone ever having been found guilty of anything, or having appeared in a civil court.
Now, “Via this blog I will link to public documents, state views, and summarize information in regards to record company actions against members of the UW community,” posts Marc Bourgeois, going on:
“All of the information posted will be from public sources and no information that I obtain through my occupation will be shared here. I strive to bring available information into the open so that interested parties can find relevant information. All opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of the University of Wisconsin.”
If you’re a UW student, it might be worth keeping an eye on Recording Industry and the University of Wisconsin.
Students at other universities might follow suit given the administrations are, for the most part, working for the labels rather than the people they’re supposed to be representing and instructing.
Also See:
curriculum seriously dislocated – Hand over UW student IDs: RIAA demand, November 19, 2007
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