Digital copyright silliness on campus
What do Columbia, Vanderbilt, Duke and UCLA have in common? Apparently, leaders in Congress think they aren't expelling enough students for illegally swapping music and movies.
The House committees responsible for copyright and education wrote a joint letter May 1 scolding the presidents of 19 major American universities, demanding that each school respond to a six-page questionnaire detailing steps it has taken to curtail illegal music and movie file-sharing on campus. One of the questions - "Does your institution expel violating students?" - shows just how out-of-control the futile battle against campus downloading has become.
Fred von Lohmann
The RIAA and MPAA are only the most obvious examples of corporate fascism. They aren’t the first, and because they are so successful at it, they won’t be the last.
And of course, Congress has absolutely no business getting involved in this, but that never stopped them before.
The House committees responsible for copyright and education wrote a joint letter May 1 scolding the presidents of 19 major American universities, demanding that each school respond to a six-page questionnaire detailing steps it has taken to curtail illegal music and movie file-sharing on campus. One of the questions - "Does your institution expel violating students?" - shows just how out-of-control the futile battle against campus downloading has become.
Fred von Lohmann
The RIAA and MPAA are only the most obvious examples of corporate fascism. They aren’t the first, and because they are so successful at it, they won’t be the last.
And of course, Congress has absolutely no business getting involved in this, but that never stopped them before.
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