Stickin’ it to the RIAA
April 11th, 2003
The President of Michigan Technical University, Curtis Tompkins, sticks it to the RIAA in a letter responding to their lawsuit over file- (aka song-) sharing. The suit asks for damages against a Michigan Tech student at the rate of $150,000 per song, which, by some estimates, could equate to $97 billion dollars in damages.
Apparently, though, the RIAA didn’t follow their own notification procedures that they have asked universities to comply with. Kudos to Tompkins for calling them out.