Re: RIAA Moves Against College-Network Fileswapping

[Michael Sinatra <michael () RANCID BERKELEY EDU>]

On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, David L. Wasley wrote:

> It isn't clear that they're suing the campus network.  The c|net story
> says they are suing the students who are hosting servers.  Makes more
> sense anyway.
> See http://news.com.com/2100-1027-995429.html

That's the impression that I got.  Unfortunately, the RIAA press release
is very poorly worded.  They refer to "network operators," but the
context strongly suggests that these are individuals that are operating
P2P servers.  The press release goes on to praise higher-ed institutions
as a whole.

michael

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