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Comment Re:It's their own fault (Score 1) 564

I think they are trying to keep it from degenerating into a blog, or a chat space, or an encyclopedia of trivial things like the Star Wars universe..

And that's why there are extensive articles on Hannah Montana, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Zeke and Luther and everything else that's on the Disney Channels, with episode lists and such.

Comment They have more than the law to worry about . . . (Score 2, Informative) 121

Failing to submit this study to the Institutional Review Board is a *huge* professional no-no! One of the major functions of the IRB is to ensure that research doesn't violate subjects rights -- particularly confidentiality and privacy rights (which could, I suppose, be why they didn't submit it). Even if the government decides to the let them slide (unlikely with a case of wiretapping), this has ramifications for the Universities. It can lead to the US Dept. of Education shutting down *all* of their research activities. They will be extremely unpopular where they are, and they'll have the devil's own time getting hired anywhere else.

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