September21 - Ohio University sends an email to all students, warning that sharing copyrighted files is illegal and violates the university's acceptable use policy.
October[No Date] - CIO Bill Sams says 10 -15 copyright infringement notices are arriving each day.February22 - The RIAA announces it has sent more complaints of copyright infringement (Digital Millenium Copyright Act notices) to OU than any other school, with 1,287 notices. Two other schools had received more than 1,000: Purdue (1,068) and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln (1,002).
23 - The university disputes the impression that there is any more file sharing on the campus network than in previous years and suggests the recording industry is sending more notices.
23 - The university changes its copyright infringement policy, announcing in an university-wide email that substantiated copyright infringement cases will be sent straight to University Judiciaries. All complaints continue to result in loss of Internet access for the accused IP address.
26 - Cdigix, a company that offered free music to OU students through its Ctrax program, announces it will discontinue Ctrax and focus on other digital media services instead.
28 - The RIAA campaign against college music sharers begins. The RIAA sends letters threatening lawsuits to 400 students at 13 universities. The letters give a 20-day deadline for students to settle lawsuits out of court, for $3,000 each. OU students get 50 of the letters.
March2 - A group of university administrators and student leaders decides to forward the recording industry's letters to students.
26 - The recording industry sends 405 more pre-litigation settlement letters to students at 14 universities.
31 - The Chronicle of Higher Education obtains a list compiled by the Motion Picture Association of America, which reveals the association has sent 550 copyright infringement notices to OU since September. In a ranking of schools by such notices, OU is 18th.
April11 - The recording industry mails 50 more letters to OU students, accusing them of sharing copyrighted music.
13 - The recording industry announces it will sue ten students who opted not to settle in March.
16 - Brice Bible becomes chief information officer of OU, replacing interim Shawn Ostermann.
25 - The university announces it will cut off internet access to the most prolific file sharers on the campus network.
27 - The university begins cutting off Internet access to file sharers and clarifies its position, stating that it intends to eliminate all file sharing, regardless of bandwidth used.
June8 - Because of the summer schedule, the recording industry gives 373 accused file sharers 40 days to settle their lawsuits before it files lawsuits.
July18 - Another round of letters, 408 this time, goes out to 23 universities with the same 40-day deadline.
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Dave Hendricks
The following is a timeline of OU and the RIAAG
