The University of Nebraska sends the RIAA a Bill
From the Article:
Lately, the RIAA has been on a high-profile campaign to get college students that the RIAA believes have been involved in illegal file trading to settle lawsuits against them at a “discount”. As part of this strategy, the company has tried to enlist universities to help them identify and turn over the names of offending students. But it’s heartening to see that some universities aren’t spinelessly acquiescing to the RIAA’s demands.
If there were any doubt that the university is really irritated by the RIAA’s requests, it has requested that the RIAA pay the university to reimburse its expenses from dealing with this…
Read the rest at TechDirt…
UPDATE:
I read over at Consumerist that the school is actually charging them $11 for each complaint received. Of course, the RIAA denied the request:
In response to NU’s request, the RIAA’s Engebretsen said, “It is neither practical nor appropriate for us to entertain a reimbursement request.”
Article over at Omaha.com has more.