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University of Michigan Identifying Students to RIAA?

Eliot Van Buskirk writes on Wired's Listening Post:

Today, I received an email apparently sent by Paul Howell, Chief Information Technology Security Officer of the University of Michigan to all of the university's faculty and staff.

In the email, Howell writes that the university is in the process of identifying to the RIAA the twelve students belonging to the IP addresses on the RIAA's hit list, in cooperation with the organization's new anti-file-sharing initiative. The email also said that the university will be notifying the students that their names are being turned over to the RIAA.

Although Howell had already left the office by the time I called, University of Michigan staff confirmed to me that a letter regarding file sharing was in fact sent to students; I hope to speak with Howell tomorrow for more detail.

posted by Fergie @ 3/14/2007 06:57:00 PM