Universities Penalized for Past RIAA Cooperation

[Jorge]

Even though volume of DMCA takedown notices has increased dramatically, are having a tough time claiming "undue burden" in court.
It's been a long, strange trip for many universities and colleges who've been compliant with RIAA requests to cooperate with copyright infringement investigations. For despite their increased compliance with DMCA takedown notices or assistance in forwarding pre-litigation "settlement" letters to students, the RIAA is still unsatisfied.
In fact, much to chagrin of colleges and universities around the country, it was just a week ago that the RIAA succeeded in getting Congress to pass the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) mandating the use of content filters on campus networks. Getting the Feds involved rightly made many feel that their efforts were being disregarded.

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[Signa]

hahahaha, what benign sounding name, "Higher Education Opportunity Act"

You would think it's an act to give more people the opportunity for higher education. I guess that's too utopian for the real world.