Interesting case

clipped from seattletimes.nwsource.com University of Oregon refusing to help ID music pirates EUGENE, Ore. — A lawsuit brought by the recording industry is pitting piracy against privacy. Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers filed court papers this week seeking to free the University of Oregon from having to identify students who illegally downloaded music. Similar suits have been filed across the U.S., and universities and colleges have been cooperating. The University of Oregon has traced the file sharing to dorm rooms and users of a wireless network, but officials can't be sure who shared the music without interviewing students and examining their private computers, The Oregonian newspaper reported. University officials contend that would violate privacy rights. Ray Beckerman, a New York copyright attorney, said Oregon is the first state he knows of that is seeking to protect the identity of students accused of piracy.