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Duke Now Requires RIAA to Have Proof of Illegal File-Sharing

By soulxtc

Wants actual evidence of copyright infringement before it forwards pre-litigation "settlement" letters to students. An odd thing has happened on the campus of Duke University. The Office of Student Affairs is now requiring the RIAA and other copyright holder groups to submit evidence that a student committed copyright infringement before it forwards pre-litigation "settlement" letters to them The new policy is a departure from previous policy whereby it forwarded the notices to students no questions asked. "What we're saying is that in order for us to pass on a settlement letter to a student, we're going to start requiring evidence that someone actually downloaded from that student," said Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta. "If the RIAA can't prove that actual illegal behavior occurred, then we're not going to comply.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on November 14, 2008 (boomark / email).