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University Sponsored Music Services?

Posted by michael on from the another-excuse-for-tuition-hikes dept.

Amy's Robot writes "The president of Penn State University is urging colleges to start their own digital music services. The schools would pay the licensing fees, and pass the charges on to their students. His logic is that paying for the school's service is an incentive not to use an "illegal" service. Supposedly, there will be some pilot programs this fall, but it seems like there are a lot of obstacles to overcome before then."

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  1. not sure.... by ih8apple · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm not sure this will work... For example, there are plenty of universities who license software for discounted or free student use and yet software piracy is rampant on campuses

    From the link: " In addition, pirates need a place to store their 'warez' and often surreptitiously hijack third party servers to use as storage sites. This problem is especially acute at universities. "

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  2. Re:What a joke. by finkployd · · Score: 3, Informative

    On PSU's board of trustees sits one of the major lawyers for the RIAA. I hope this explains it.

    Finkployd

  3. Re:What a joke. by Mike+Schiraldi · · Score: 4, Informative

    No lie:

    http://www.psu.edu/trustees/robinson.html

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