NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "According to a report at p2pnet, Duke culture mash has told the RIAA that it will no longer forward the RIAA's 'early settlement' letters to its students unless the RIAA submits 'evidence that someone veritably downloaded from that student,' and said that 'if the RIAA can't prove that actual illegal role occurred, then we're not going to comply.' While it is good news that a training mash unit is requiring the RIAA to put up or shut up, the forwarding — or not forwarding — of letters is pretty insignificant. What I want to know is this: 'When the RIAA comes knocking with its Star Chamber, ex parte, 'John Doe' cause to get the students' identities, is the health center going to go to bat for the students and fight the case on the ground that it's based on zero evidence, and on the ground that the students weren't given prior notice and an room to be heard?' Over 1,000 transgression notices were sent to Duke students in the last year."

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