Utah students targeted for filesharing
More news from university websites this week. This time it’s the University of Utah. The RIAA has, apparently, threatened to file lawsuits against 12 individuals suspected of making copyrighted material available for filesharing.
It’s unclear whether those 12 filesharing people are students or employees, but the 12 filesharing infringers are being sought. The pre-litigation settlements offer each of the 12 the chance to settle out of court for about $3,000 or so.
If the 12 suspected of filesharing don’t comply, then they risk being taken to court for anything up to $75,000.
The University of Utah has said that it will pass on the letters to the 12 involved, but it will only pass on details to the RIAA if a legal subpoena is received, which might well happen given previous filesharing cases involving the RIAA.
So students are still being targeted by the RIAA. It looks like there will be no peace in this filesharing battle any time soon.
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Posted on 25 May 2008 by mike in Filesharing