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+-   Marshall University challenges RIAA-> on Monday April 21 2008, @11:55AM NewYorkCountryLawyer

Submitted by NewYorkCountryLawyer on Monday April 21 2008, @11:55AM
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NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Marshall University, in Huntington, West Virginia, has become just the second known college or university in the United States to show "the moxy to stand up for its students instead of instantly caving in to RIAA extortion". In February, Marshall, represented by the Attorney General of the State of West Virginia, made a motion to quash the RIAA's subpoena for student identities, pointing out in exquisite detail in its long-time IT guy's affidavit (pdf), the impossibility of identifying copyright "infringers" based on the RIAA's meager evidence. Unfortunately, the Magistrate — under the mistaken impression that the RIAA isn't going to sue the identified students, but merely wants to talk to them — recommended that the subpoena be okayed by the District Judge (pdf). It is not yet known whether Marshall will be filing objections. The first U.S. college or university known to have dared to attack the RIAA's subpoena was the University of Oregon, which — also represented by its state's Attorney General — made a motion to quash last November, and even questioned the legality of the RIAA's methods. The Oregon motion is still pending."
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