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Schools do not have to give students up

posted by:Marty // 11:20 PM // May 01, 2005 // Digital Democracy: law, policy and politics

Recently, Judge Russell A. Eliason, a U.S. Federal Magistrate, denied the RIAA's attempt to force two North Carolina colleges from disclosing the names of its students who are only known by their file-sharing pseudonyms.

"Durham lawyers Fred Battaglia and Michael Kornbluth represented Jane Doe, the UNC-CH student. They said they were not concerned with allegations of music piracy but with whether their client, whom they declined to name, could have his or her privacy protected."

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