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Thursday, July 24, 2003

M.I.T. & Boston College refuse RIAA subpoenas 

Posted by Nick : 12:07 AM

Every bookie should have friends like these:
The schools claim the subpoenas are unlawful, citing a federal law called the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, which requires schools to notify students before releasing personal information. A Boston College spokesperson estimated a reasonable amount of time for doing so to be a week, maybe longer, given that most students aren't on campus in the summer.

Plus, according to the privacy act, subpoenas need to be filed in a court within 100 miles of the person or institution being subpoenaed, so that someone contesting a subpoena doesn't have to travel far to do so. The RIAA's subpoenas were filed in Washington, D.C.
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