Re: RIAA complaints error?

[Andrew Vernon <vern () OIT UMASS EDU>]

> We received a batch of them this morning.  All of them appeared to be 
> accurate.  They were all a little older, say perhaps a week or so.
>
> We received another batch this afternoon.  None of them were accurate.  
> These were within a day or so.
>
> I suspect they have an error in the time stamps.    Were we the only ones?

From the ICPL list earlier today:

> From: Steve Worona <sworona () EDUCAUSE EDU>
> Date: September 30, 2010 1:09:53 PM EDT
> To: ICPL () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: [ICPL] Followup on reported spike in DMCA notices from RIAA
> Reply-To: Institute for Computer Policy and Law Constituent Group 
Listserv <ICPL () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>
>
> Our RIAA contact tells us: "I spoke to the folks who send out the 
notices and they explained that there had been a bottle neck in their 
mail server. It seems that the previous week's notices all went out at 
once.  They have since fixed the problem."
>
> No word if they're considering outsourcing e-mail to a more reliable 
service. :-)
>
> Thanks again to those who reported the situation here.
>
> Steve
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