Purdue Ignores RIAA
02/22/07
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(idolator.com) The AP reports that the Recording Industry Association of America is focusing its gaze on music swappers at colleges, where fat pipes allow illegally downloaded songs to travel even faster:Purdue, which has received 1,068 complaints so far this year but only 37 in 2006, said it rarely even notifies students accused by the RIAA because it's too much trouble to track down alleged offenders. Purdue said its students aren't repeat offenders. "In a sense, the (complaint) letter is asking us to pursue an investigation and as the service provider we don't see that as our role," spokesman Steve Tally said. "We are a leading technology school with thousands and thousands of curious and talented technology students." [see full story for more] - Click here for the Full Story
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