University of Wisconsin-Madison Bucks RIAA 203
stephencrane informs us of an interesting development at UW Madison. The school, along with many others, has been sent "settlement letters" by the RIAA with instructions to forward them to particular students (or other university community members) that the RIAA believes guilty of illegal filesharing. The letters order the assumed filesharers to identify themselves and to pay for the content they are supposed to have "pirated." The university has sent a blanket letter to all students, reiterating the school's acceptable use policies, but has refused to forward individual letters without a valid subpoena. This lawyer's blog reproduces the letter. The campus newspaper has some coverage on the university's stance.
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1. universities will cave-in rather than risk any involvement in a law suit
2. students will be forced to pay if the university is involved, because the few thousand dollars settlement is nothing compared to the tens of thousands at risk if the student gets kicked off their course.
3. because they're a bunch of fucking thugs with morals that make Hitler look like a guy you'd want to marry your daughter.
Oh fuck... I think I've just Godwinned myself.
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You must be new here...
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Response to the RIAA Letter (Score:3, Funny)
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You can only be prosecuted for a public peformance, which raises some interesting questions about your bathroom...
Re:Madison is UW, Milwaukee is UW-M (Score:3, Funny)
No, he means his chemical formula is M+2SO4M3+2(SO4)324H2O
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1) If you live in an apartment building or townhouse, or if your house is sitting on less than a half-acre of land; or if you share your domicile with roomates who are not part of your immediate family;
OR
2) If you are showering in a locker room, dormitory, or other public washroom facility;
THEN your bathroom is deemed to be public and you are subject to prosecution. If your house is situated on more than a half-acre and is shared by members of your immediate family (defined as your spouse, parents, siblings, or children under the age of 21), your bathroom is deemed to be private. HOWEVER, you are advised to make provisions by not singing in the event you are entertaining houseguests.
I understand they're working on sensing devices for shower heads. You should check with your local Home Depot to arrange to purchase your retrofit kit. New shower heads will be sold with the device already installed.
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The RIAA will simply argue in favor of Cartesian dualism - that in fact the mind is a separate entity/observer, viewing the performance of the body, and is therefore an audience member, thus making it a public performance.
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Re:Are you serious you cannot be serious (Score:2, Funny)
Got any sources for that? It's completely ridiculous, but after some of the stuff they've pulled, I wouldn't put it past them.
Doi, he was clearly lying. The retrofit kits are only available from Walmart, not Home Depot.