Some good news for those of us fighting the good fight against the RIAA--MIT and Boston College have won their battles to keep the identity of students using P2P safe from the eyes of those who would harm them--namely, the RIAA. I salute MIT and Boston College for having the nerve to stand up for the rights of their students.

EFF Staff Attorney Wendy Seltzer cheered the decision Friday, saying in a release that the ruling "confirms that due process applies to Internet user privacy nationwide." The EFF has been battling the RIAA campaign, saying that the group's efforts compromise the privacy of individual users.

This news heartily cheered me up. Armed with the new version of Kazaa-Lite, which offers identity protection, we should be able to successfully thwart the RIAA for a good many years to come.