Re: RIAA Strikes B.U. & M.I.T.

["Dan Billings" <billings@suscom-maine.net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyross.com>
To: "Roy Lawrence" <lawrencemedia@yahoo.com>; <bri@bostonradio.org>; "Dan
Billings" <billings@suscom-maine.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 1:16 AM
Subject: Re: RIAA Strikes B.U. & M.I.T.


> Federal law requires that before giving out personal information about a
student, the school
> must inform the student and give him/her a chance to object.  The
subpoenas don't allow
> enough time for the schools to do that.  The schools have said that they
will comply with a
> subpoena that complies with this requirement.

Interesting that Northeastern complied.

> Another problem is that all of the subpoenas are issued from the District
of Columbia federal
> court.  The schools say that they should be issued from the Massachusetts
federal court.

Is that a legitimate complaint?

-- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine