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Originally posted by Uryoces
They badger, threaten, and bar their customers from exercising their legal rights. Their behavior should qualify them for RICO status.
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That's the whole crux of the argument of the 2 universities that are fighting: they don't consider the subpoenas legitimate because they were not issued by a court, but just by the RIAA. (My understanding, and don't hold me to this cause it's been a looong day, is that the DCMA speciifically authorizes this, and it's IMO one of the worst parts of the law.)
Oh, the other issue is jurisdictional.. I believe they said they'd comply with a properly issued subpoena from a Massachusetts court.
What I don't know is, what makes them think they can when when Verizon couldn't?