RIAA to subpoena university
The RIAA plans to issue subpoenas demanding the identities of alleged file sharers at the University of Michigan.
If the subpoenas are “substantively and procedurally valid,” the University will follow the law and release the names of the individuals, [Assistant General Counsel Jack Bernard] said. Subpoenas compel their recipients to release important information for an intended trial. Since RIAA has presumably filed suit against these users, that information is the student’s name.[...]
The University always disputes subpoenas unless they are valid and will not release information unless the subpoenas pass legal muster, Bernard said.
– Michigan Daily, RIAA will subpoena students.