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Cracking Down on MP3s at the Office

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-i-need-those-tunes-to-live dept.

jhaberman writes "News.com has a story about how corporations are now starting to crack down on networked MP3's, not necessarily for the reasons you might think." Talks about legal issues, as well as bandwidth issues, and the simple issue of employees wasting their employers time.

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  1. Quoted from the article by scott1853 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    "We'd very much like corporations to think about their obligations to respect the intellectual property rights of our artists and labels," he said. "Some of these corporations, we are told, have their own little networks--that is very clearly illegal.

    So corporate networks are illegal now thanks to the RIAA. Guess I better sell all those spools of CAT5 on eBay and stock up on floppies.

  2. Re:We have a simple policy at work by teamhasnoi · · Score: 2, Redundant
    Fire the lesbians? No!! Encourage them to dance for me!

    Dance For Me, My Naughty Lesbians! I have your oils and feathers over here, on this ottoman....