Schools Rebuke Music Biz Demands

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Wired reports that the recording industry's plan to collect the names of music traders on college campuses hit a snag this week when two schools filed motions to quash the subpoenas in court.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston College filed the motions Monday in U.S. District Court in Boston. MIT has received one subpoena and Boston College has received three subpoenas requesting the names and addresses of individuals who allegedly shared copyright music on the schools' networks. "The subpoenas were not issued from the federal court in Boston, and they did not give us reasonable time to inform the students in question, which is their right under federal law," said Jack Dunn, director of public affairs for Boston College.