College advises students to push back against the RIAA:

The students of North Carolina State University (NCSU) are being advised
to stand their ground against the RIAA, according to a report
in the NCSU student paper, Technician Online. The RIAA has sent 23
subpoenas to university last week in hopes of discovering the identities of
those they consider to be pirates, but the university's Student Legal Services
department has been advising students to continue pushing back, all the way
to federal court.

The school was one of a handful of universities that received pre-litigation
notices from the RIAA in February against unidentified parties that the RIAA
had identified as participating in illegal file sharing. At that time, the
RIAA had offered the accused parties the option of an early
settlement with the organization, which included lowered payouts and the
benefit of avoiding going to court. While some universities were quick
to comply with the RIAA's request to forward the notices onto students,
others were not, insisting that they were not capable of identifying the individuals
within the university system based on the information given to them.

NCSU was one university that forwarded the notices onto students. But as
it turns out, only one NCSU student came forward to take advantage of the
initial settlement offered by the RIAA, according to the Technician.
23 others did not, and as a result, the RIAA was forced to file a series of
"John Doe" lawsuits against the remaining parties through the university.
The director of student legal services at NCSU, Pam Gerace, told the student
paper: "The RIAA actually said they might have use for the names in the
future," and therefore has been telling students not to give away their
identities just yet.

(Read Original Article - Via Law & Disorder Section - Ars Technica.)