York University Shoukri / Singer row
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Under York University Obtains Court Order For Bell & Rogers Subscriber Information on Michael Geist’s blog, September 1 »»»
[snip] a recent order obtained by York University [requires] Bell and Rogers to disclose subscriber information. Neither ISP opposed the order …
First, York University was required to pay the ISPs to compensate them for providing the information – Rogers gets $600, while Bell gets $300. Second, the court added a condition that required notification of the customers identified by Bell and Rogers so that they could apply to the court to vary or vacate the order. Despite constituting only three paragraphs, the order raises some very interesting issues including the questions about why a university would seek this order, the compensation to the ISPs, and the attempt to factor in a response from the identified subscribers.
Now, in the National Post »»»
York University has won court orders requiring Google Inc. and Canada’s two largest telecommunications companies to reveal the identities of the anonymous authors of contentious emails that accused the school’s president of academic fraud.
The university took the extraordinary measures after an email was circulated alleging that president Mamdouh Shoukri “perpetrated an outrageous fraud” when publicly touting the appointment of a new dean.
In January, the school announced its hiring of Martin Singer as its inaugural dean of the new Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, said to be the largest faculty in the country. The announcement called Prof. Singer a “renowned scholar of Chinese history” and quoted the president as saying: “York University is fortunate to have attracted such a strong scholar and administrator.”
A week later, an email in the name of a group called York Faculty Concerned About the Future of York University was sent using a Google Gmail account to members of the York community challenging the statements regarding Prof. Singer’s scholarly output. “Lying about scholarly credentials is the gravest offence,” the email said before calling for the president’s resignation and a new search for a dean.
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| There has been considerable discussion in recent weeks regarding the prospect of court orders mandating ISPs or other intermediaries disclose identifying information about anonymous individuals (Google model case, Ottawa city hall blog). Overlook, however, is a recent order obtained by York University requiring Bell and Rogers to disclose subscriber information. Neither ISP opposed the order, which included some novel requirements in return for ordering the two companies to disclose the names of customers associated with particular IP addresses. First, York University was required to pay the ISPs to compensate them for providing the information – Rogers gets $600, while Bell gets $300. Second, the court added a condition that required notification of the customers identified by Bell and Rogers so that they could apply to the court to vary or vacate the order. Despite constituting only three paragraphs, the order raises some very interesting issues including the questions about why a university would seek this order, the compensation to the ISPs, and the attempt to factor in a response from the identified subscribers. |
