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Discuss “RIAA returns to campus”

For the second time in a year, Carnegie Mellon students are facing subpoenas from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for illegally sharing copyrighted files. Last week, the RIAA issued Computing Services notice of an ?intent to subpoena? an unknown number of students who have been caught sharing files illegally on i2Hub.

According to Joel Smith, vice provost and chief information officer for Computing Services, the RIAA notified Computing Services of illegal file sharing on the network this past week. Since Computing Services acts as an Internet service provider, the RIAA notified them and provided information about specific machines on the network that have been engaging in illegal file sharing.

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