RIAA names and shames USC

THE RECORDING Industry Association of America (RIAA) has named and shamed the University of South Carolina as the worst crew of pirates in the country.

The RIAA has sent the school 914 copyright infringement notices this year while the next 'worst', Clemson received only 71.

This must be a tad embarrassing for the college's director of government and industry relations the somewhat colourfully named Ginger DeMint. DeMint, who is the daughter of US Senator Jim DeMint, moonlights as a RIAA lobby person.

Apparently she has had a few words with the USC administrators and plans to make changes to the University's technology policy. This could include notices to students about illegal file-sharing, stricter limits on sharing files and university payment to a legal file-sharing service for USC students to use.

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