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Rosen, Valenti Warn Colleges About P2P

Posted by timothy on from the oh-and-have-you-met-our-lawyer dept.

fini writes "The RIAA and MPAA just sent a letter to 2,300 colleges or so, asking to crack down on P2P. Juicy nugget: 'Not only is piracy of copyrighted works illegal, it can take up a significant percentage of a university's costly bandwidth.' Also mentioned, some quasi-FUD on security issues. Six higher-ed honchos also sent a concurring letter. From the RIAA website, here's the story and the letters (PDF only). Mentioned as examples of model policies: Drake University, UNC Chapel Hill and University of Michigan . Interestingly enough, there is no threatening 'or else' stuff in those letters. Not yet..."

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  1. 2300 letters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is this considered spam?

  2. ppft ... -spray- by cascadingstylesheet · · Score: 5, Funny

    Outside of college, I haven't found a whole lot of people who think, or really know the details of any orthodoxy.

    Um, I live in a college town. I burst out with a guffaw every time I hear someone make a connection between being a college student, and thinking or being intelligent. I can't help it.

    Just make sure I don't have a mouthful of soda if you're going to say something like that :)