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Copyright infringement claims have been dismissed for all but two of 14 University of Arizona students accused by recording companies of illegally downloading music.

The Recording Industry Association of America subpoenaed personal information about the students from the UA, which provided them with Internet service. The school complied, releasing information for 10 of the students on April 10.

It withheld information about two students because they had come to a settlement with the industry, court documents show.

Meanwhile, the UA withheld personal information about two other students who had filed motions in federal court to dismiss copyright suits.

Those are the two students whose copyright claims have not been dismissed.

How useful the university information might be is debatable, however.

The university keeps user information only for a few weeks for capacity reasons, so the only information retained are the first and last dates a user is logged on the network.

As a result, with multiple users sharing a network, it can be unclear who downloads what and when, documents show.

Also, data are collected periodically, not continuously, so downloads might occur when data are not being collected.

Finally, there is also the possibility of guest users, who would appear in the system under a different user's code.

Attorneys for the RIAA declined to comment.

Efforts to reach RIAA officials were unsuccessful.