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Discuss “RIAA leverages power to exploit students”

During the past week, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has served Carnegie Mellon with over 30 letters of intent to subpoena. These letters demand that the University supply the RIAA with the names and personal information of students who have been found to be violating copyright law. Once these subpoenas are served, it is likely that the students in question will have action taken against them.

Whether or not the RIAA intends to follow through with its legal threats remains to be seen, but Carnegie Mellon provides little protection for students targeted by the RIAA or the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). In an e-mail sent out to the Carnegie Mellon community last week, Vice-Provost for Computing Services Joel...

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