Re: RIAA Preservation Letter

[Ken Connelly <Ken.Connelly () UNI EDU>]

Dick Jacobson wrote:
> This just does not want to go away. 8-0
No, it gets worse.  http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/47988/
> I have been asked to put together a procedure for responding to the
> different notices from the copyright holders or their agents and to
> find out what others are doing.  The discussions now are with the
> attorneys (plural).
>
> The Takedown notices and Pre-Litigation notices are not causing as
> much conversation as the Preservation notice.
>
> First, it is understood that we are under no obligation with regard to
> these notices and will not alter our log retention practices from our
> stated policy in order to accomodate the notice.
>
> Not so clear is if we should identify the individual and notify the
> individual that we received the notice.
>
> One of the attorneys has suggested that the Preservation notice gives
> us knowledge of the activity and we should treat it the same as a
> Takedown notice.
>
> I am interested in both your thoughts and your stated process for these.
We have decided that we will relay both pre-litigation letters and
preservation notices to the individual responsible for the machine in
question.  If either meet the legal elements of a DMCA notice, we will
also treat it as such.  It is my understanding that the preservation
notices do not meet the legal elements and therefore would not be
considered to be a takedown notice.

Here's our statement:  http://www.uni.edu/its/admin/riaastatement.html

- ken
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- Ken
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Ken Connelly             Associate Director, Security and Systems
ITS Network Services                  University of Northern Iowa
email: Ken.Connelly () uni edu   p: (319) 273-5850 f: (319) 273-7373