I don’t know who thought it would be a good idea to do so, but the RIAA has released a list of universities, ranked in order of the number of piracy notices they have handed out to students. So when it’s that time of the year again, and you’re looking at universities to apply to, here’s the list to avoid:
Copyright infringement notices handed out during 2006 – 2007 academic year:
- Ohio University – 1,287
- Purdue University – 1,068
- University of Nebraska at Lincoln – 1,002
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville – 959
- University of South Carolina – 914
- University of Massachusetts at Amherst – 897
- Michigan State University – 753
- Howard University – 572
- North Carolina State University – 550
- University of Wisconsin at Madison – 513
- University of South Florida – 490
- Syracuse University – 488
- Northern Illinois University – 487
- University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire – 473
- Boston University – 470
- Northern Michigan University – 457
- Kent State University – 424
- University of Michigan at Ann Arbor – 400
- University of Texas at Austin – 371
- North Dakota State University – 360
- Indiana University – 353
- Western Kentucky University – 353
- Seton Hall University – 338
- Arizona State University – 336
- Marshall University – 331
The great folks at Ars have more.
Originally posted on February 23, 2007 @ 9:44 am
I think it is wrong for RIAA to sue students and let a person in law enforcemnt slide.
A family member has a recording of a high ranking police officer describing a noted website telling her this is thing to do, everybody is doing it. He said he bet his daughters had downloaded 1000 songs on his computer. He laughed and said he hoped the federal government did not come in and investigate him.
The person called the FBI asking if this was OK to do. The FBI agent was quick to tell the person not to do it, it was a crime and she would get caught. The agent was just as quick to ignore when the person told who had said this.
Months later after reading where students and others were being sued she sent a copy of the recording to the RIAA in Washington, DC. In so many articles it seems young people are getting put down for doing this and many times saying they should know better. The person told the RIAA how unfair she thought it was for doing this and a person in law enforcement should know better. She also noted the fact he was encouraging someone to break the law. I have seen no sign of this officer having to pay. If the law says it’s a crime then it should be a crime for everyone.
Send some thoughts on this, I would like to hear.