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RIAA Adds 23 Colleges to Hit List, Avoids Harvard

Submitted by MacRonin on July 23, 2007 - 9:30am
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RIAA Adds 23 Colleges to Hit List, Avoids Harvard: NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The RIAA has added 23 new colleges and universities to its hit list, but deliberately omitted Harvard, apparently afraid of the reaction it's likely to get there, having been told by 2 Harvard law professors to take a hike. 'Under the new scheme, the RIAA sends out what it calls 'pre-litigation' settlement letters. Actually, they're self-incrimination documents and they're designed to extort preset amounts of around $3,000 from students with the empty promise that by paying up, they'll remove the threat of being hauled into court on charges of copyright infringement. In reality, all the students are doing is providing the RIAA with personal and private information which can conceivably be used against them ...'"

(Read Original Article - Via Slashdot: Your Rights Online.)

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