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U of Oregon Fights RIAA Subpoena

Earlier this month, the Oregon State Attorney General, on behalf of the University of Orgegon, filed to quash an RIAA subpoena seeking the names of 17 users accused of copyright infringement.

Oregon argues the subpoena represents an undue burden on the school. The RIAA only knows IP addresses, and making the school connect those to specific students–who share dorm rooms, computers, passwords, and the like–would force them to conduct investigative work. The school also makes an appeal to student privacy.

Read more from Wendy Seltzer and Ray Beckerman; thanks to the Berkman Buzz email list for the tip. I know this is hardly the freshest news, but I’m dissertating (and watching our Technorati authority slip by roughly 75%), and it’s the biggest story of the month so far.