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Stephen Downes

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston College have refused the music industry's demands that they reveal the names of students suspected of file sharing. But let's not get ahead of ourselves: the schools' objections are procedural, not principled. "We are opposing the subpoenas, not in an effort to protect students from the consequences of copyright infringement, but rather to establish the proper procedures to be followed in the future." Yeah, whatever.

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