Do RIAA Demands Violate FERPA Protections? 14
jorr writes "Bob Liu's commentary 'Copyrights: More Work, More Headaches' questions whether the demands from the RIAA violates due process. He states 'According to FERPA, school officials are permitted to access student records but outside organizations like RIAA would need "to comply with a judicial order or lawfully issued subpoena."'"
Re:Cool (Score:1, Offtopic)
Media is already too expensive! (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Media is already too expensive! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Media is already too expensive! (Score:3, Insightful)
I don't think it's occurred to them that a significant portion of people don't 'steal' movies on principle, they do it because it's either unavailable locally (not everyone lives in DVD Region 1) or it's unaffordable and therefore they make justifications to themselves.
Battle of Acronyms (Score:4, Funny)
FERPA has less redundancy in it's structure with four unique letters, against the unnecessary duplication of the "A"'s at the end of the RIAA.
FERPA has a more aggressive to feel to it with all the usual F* connotations and the spiffy "P" giving it rhythm. I think it stands a chance.
Re:Battle of Acronyms (Score:1)
Badly Writen (Score:2, Interesting)
"...a Verizon DSL user that knowingly and repeatedly infringed on copyrights."
And how exactly does Mr. Bob Liu know this information?
Re:Badly Writen (Score:3, Funny)
a step backwards? (Score:2)
Copyright Complaints (Score:1)