Oklahoma State University submitted to the Recording Industry Association of America on Tuesday the names of 11 students

Oklahoma State U. Fowards Names of Students to Recording Studios

Oklahoma State University submitted to the Recording Industry Association of America on Tuesday the names of 11 students accused by the group of swapping music files online in violation of copyright law, a university spokesman said.

In an order on Tuesday, a federal judge, David L. Russell, said the university had failed to respond to a subpoena seeking the identities of the students, and he asked why he should not hold the university in contempt.

According to a university spokesman, Gary Shutt, Oklahoma State had already e-mailed the names to the recording-industry group, but the group never received them. —Andrea L. Foster

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In a statement read to reporters, Bill and Sarah Roth who owned one of the recording studios where the mysterious lists arrived, said that they had no idea why they received a list of names from Oklahoma, but that they would contact the students with their standard offer of 3 hours of studio time for a limited sale price of $5,000, including one free dubbing session. “It was weird,” said Roth about receiving the list. “Like something out of a mystery movie.”