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Case summary:The person G downloaded movies and songs from an unauthorized site and used segments of some copyrighted songs while recording for his band, and posted the videos on his social media account. The person G applied to B University, where the admission office asked for his social media account password.
To find: Whether the B university violated the law when it asked the person G to provide his social media account password.
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