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setzman writes "According to this article, the University of Florida has implemented a software program known as ICARUS (Integrated Control Application for Restricting User Services) to monitor student activities on the campus network. If a user downloads music or videos the system deems to be illegal, they will lose their connection and be punished by being forced to watch industry propaganda, lengthy suspensions of access, or even a written reprimand. Yet the system hasn't resulted in an increase in CD sales? Hmm... Maybe they will figure out another way to improve their failing business model?" We covered this some months ago but the Associated Press is just catching on.
We covered this some months ago but the Associated Press is just catching on.
:-p
To be translated as --
We know you're gonna scream repeat, but we're gonna repeat it anyway.
This notice is to inform you that your access has been suspended to the campus network due to the fact that you have been browsing yro.slashdot.com.
In order to continue your so-called education you must sit with one of our thought process councilors to discuss your perspective on the illegal action of downloaded music.
Please go to the campus library and navigate to www.riaa.com/uflorida to register for your session.
Thank you,
Mr. Charrington
I'm not even sure where to begin but I was caught by the system. The first time around it was simply a matter of them explaining why. They set the ground rules when I spoke with them, I learned well during a 20 minute conversation with the system network admin.
:( The system got me again.
I strayed off the path a bit just recently and fired up kazaa to see if i could find some music they were playing on the university radio station. I wasn't strong enough to stay away from the copyrighted materials
I've been without inet access for a few months now, sucks but I'm getting better now. I dont think about ripping off artists much anymore and the riaa video was actually quite informative (better than my psychology classes at least.) If I can keep this up for a few more months I'll be set, I'll hopefully never consider downloading music that I dont own... Downloading music aint right and thats the truth.
Even more interesting: Icarus is the child of Daedalus (a technological wizard) and Naucrate (a government whore)!
:)
But that's okay, since there's no technological wizardry or governmental whoring involved in this one, right?
The general computer-using public as an offspring of us? Ewww....
... note to moderators: sarcasm ...
This makes me want to transfer there and share tons of RedHat ISOs and OpenOffice.org install files.
You sort of have to hope that everything after "Yet" was a joke, but it probably wasn't.
Now before I get modded down, I be to remind whoever might read this that what I am saying is FACT. - bogaboga
I'm sure the intent of any student is only to open Kazaa for the pop-up ads and data mining cookies, not to down load (or upload) illegal copies of music.
I have a daughter in college, and I believe that they have blocked download sites, not for legal purposes (at least not entirely for those), but to conserve in the enormous bandwidth that those sites were consuming.
Use your head, can't you, use your head,
You're on earth, there's no cure for that - S. Beckett
Hmmm, looks like ICARUS isn't up on Kazaa yet... damn.
I prefer NERDC.
Yet the system hasn't resulted in an increase in CD sales?
More likely to have resulted in an increase in blank CD sales.
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Of course, committing corporate fraud and then using your money to buy overpriced CDs is even less risky. Shoplifting is a quite poor has a pretty poor return/risk ratio, though it beats small-scale copyright infringement.
Rename all your warez, movies and mp3s to stuff such as "Submarine_engine_distortion.mp3", "The_development_of_a_maggot.avi" and "statistic_calculator.exe"
GAAH! MY PRINTER IS ON FIRE!!! PUT IT OUT! PUT IT OUT!