While letting a friend use my computer to log in to NYU home, I saw this (publically accesible) document, asserting NYU’s stance in assisting RIAA with going after NYU students and network users. You can find it here. In it, NYU pretty much stipulates its complete compliance with RIAA and not the law (judging by the actions asserted, not the apologia presented). Worse yet, this Provost bandies about the fallacious “you wouldn’t steal a CD” argument, all the while wrapping herself and her argument in the American flag, invoking Abraham Lincoln, and academic responsibility, misrepresenting intellectual history.

There is an apparent divide here – better schools (Harvard in particular) have voiced opposition to these abuses and lesser schools toe the DMCA line. It’s sad to see my alma mater fall in the latter class, especially in such a poorly argued fashion.

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