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RIAA files 23 lawsuits against NCSU
Pre-litigation settlements were followed by lawsuits this week for the University's illegal downloaders
Josh Harrell
Issue date: 4/13/07 Section: News
Now the RIAA will go through with the subpoenas, according to Gerace.
"They'll go to the University Council, then [Information Technology Division] and the students will be notified," Gerace said.
The students who are being subpoenaed do have options though through Legal Services. One of those options, Gerace said, is making a motion to quash.
"If someone is subpoenaed and they say they don't want to comply, the subpoenaed party says they can't come for a certain reason," Gerace said. "Then it goes to the federal court who could take a year to make a decision."
It is also possible that the subpoenas are invalid, she added. In this case they don't have to respond.
"But if they do nothing and it is valid, then the University would have to give out their names and addresses," Gerace said.
She said she still expects another round of settlements to come through, but this time the stakes will be raised.
"When they do the subpoenas, there will be another round of settlements -- those will obviously be more than the last one," Gerace said. "It will probably be closer to $5,000."
Gerace added that any students who are still receiving these letters should contact Student Legal Services.
"They'll go to the University Council, then [Information Technology Division] and the students will be notified," Gerace said.
The students who are being subpoenaed do have options though through Legal Services. One of those options, Gerace said, is making a motion to quash.
"If someone is subpoenaed and they say they don't want to comply, the subpoenaed party says they can't come for a certain reason," Gerace said. "Then it goes to the federal court who could take a year to make a decision."
It is also possible that the subpoenas are invalid, she added. In this case they don't have to respond.
"But if they do nothing and it is valid, then the University would have to give out their names and addresses," Gerace said.
She said she still expects another round of settlements to come through, but this time the stakes will be raised.
"When they do the subpoenas, there will be another round of settlements -- those will obviously be more than the last one," Gerace said. "It will probably be closer to $5,000."
Gerace added that any students who are still receiving these letters should contact Student Legal Services.
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Jake J
posted 4/16/07 @ 8:27 AM EST
How is this fighting the RIAA? Someone should really stick it to them and make them answerable for sending out mass intimidation letters without reasonable evidence. (Continued…)
Tyler
posted 4/16/07 @ 10:01 AM EST
I have never been more proud to attend this university. Of the thousands of institutions that have quietly given up their students as supposed criminals to the RIAA, we are almost completely unique in standing up to them. (Continued…)
TP
posted 4/17/07 @ 6:59 PM EST
Schools that have DHCP servers issuing dynamic IP addresses usually log every outgoing IP address. Granted the logs will be huge they should be able to sift through them and find out who was using what IP at what date / time. (Continued…)
Mortal Moxie
Mortal Moxie
posted 4/17/07 @ 7:01 PM EST
Schools that have DHCP servers issuing dynamic IP addresses usually log every outgoing IP address. Granted the logs will be huge they should be able to sift through them and find out who was using what IP at what date / time. (Continued…)
Baltimore Dave
posted 4/18/07 @ 2:40 AM EST
Make RIAA verify that the songs cost 750$ apiece. They can not. Take them to court and make them show how much they pay per song. RIAA will drop the case because they do not want the public to know how much they actually pay per song. (Continued…)
Jason
posted 4/26/07 @ 10:29 AM EST
Everytime I see something like this then look at the public reaction I just scratch my head. People are obtaining music and not paying for it. Downloading music online is stealing. (Continued…)
Goat-boy
posted 5/25/07 @ 12:07 PM EST
When this whole online music pirating thing started, I assumed that the Music Industry would actually do something constructive, such as lowering the price of a CD or stop producing bad music. (Continued…)
it pro
posted 5/26/07 @ 1:58 PM EST
if someone was using your computer as a proxy then the ip address will be your computer but the song will have been downloaded to somewhere else which makes you then responsible for the song because your computer was used as a proxy. (Continued…)
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