Univ. Help Desk Staffer Extorts Over Copyright Violations 153
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from the judge-jury-and-accounts-payable dept.
McGruber writes "The Atlanta fishwrap is reporting that an University of Georgia 'IT security support' employee was accusing students of copyright violations, then demanding money to clear their names. Sounds like he's been caught stealing the RIAA business model."
Re:What are you doing here? (Score:1, Informative)
Doesn't seem like that was actually a part of his job, he was just blackmailing them with information he misappropriated from work.
Re:What are you doing here? (Score:5, Informative)
Mods on crack as usual. GP (modded "Troll") is correct (according to the article, anyway) and parent (modded "Informative") is wrong.
Re:Isn't about RIAA/copyright, is social engineeri (Score:3, Informative)
Local copy (Score:4, Informative)
Re:"a" not "an" :) (Score:2, Informative)
Here is *a* useful article:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/540/01/
Re:It should have been patented! (Score:5, Informative)
This is why we need business method patents!
The Mafia would have prior art claims over the RIAA and MPAA.
Re:Aaaah, the double standard. (Score:1, Informative)
How can someone possibly "hold copyright on the media"? I believe you mean "hold copyright on a creative work".
Re:Obligatory IANAL, but... (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Evidence??? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:I want that job (Score:2, Informative)
Re:I want that job (Score:3, Informative)
Well, he did have another job function that I know of, but they didn't mention it in the article.
Always fun when you see your place of employment in a newspaper article.
Re:What are you doing here? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:What are you doing here? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:What are you doing here? (Score:3, Informative)
It is an odd balance because people on a university network are far less likely to get sued but at the same time far more likely to receive some sort of punishment for their infringement (and its still only uploading that you get busted for). It is much easier for the RIAA to pick up a university IP and send a letter but the punishment is far less severe than a lawsuit.
Re:University Legal Services? (Score:5, Informative)