MPAA Infiltrating Campus Nets with Software

unassimilatible writes "CNet is reporting that the MPAA is starting to infiltrate college campuses with automated anti-piracy software. Known as the Automated Copyright Notice System (ACNS), the technology promises to make copyright enforcement easier on peer-to-peer networks, saving schools and Internet service providers (ISPs) time and money. ACNS allows them to automatically restrict or cut off Internet access for alleged infringers on notice from a record label or movie studio. Though not specifically ACNS, a similar system is set to go live Monday at the University of California at Los Angeles, one of the nation's largest universities with 37,500 students. UCLA's Copyright Policy page makes no reference of this system being implemented."

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Uh Ohhhh

[krackpipe]

Does that paris hilton sex tape count as priated. my friend was wondering, not me. i swear

Offended

[Anonymous Coward]

As a 48 yo grandmother, and a feminist, I am offended that this article considers grandmothers as technically incompentant.

Re:Offended

[Tebriel]

As a misogynist, I am offended that you are a feminist.

In other news...

[Aggrazel]

The ministry of Plenty released today that production of shoes was up 20% from the same time last year...

Infiltrate college campuses

[Anonymous Coward]

These MPAA narcs will stop at nothing. I had a bad feeling about that dreadlocked hackysack dude after we found him snooping around the dorm router. Also took note of the 3-piece suit under the poncho. Something isn't right here.

Re:My experience

[Cruciform]

You were sharing Chicago?

You're lucky you didn't get nailed for terrrorism.

MOD PARENT UP

[Anonymous Coward]

All these "programs" only run on M$ [ding!] Windoze [ding!] anyway.

2 points.

If you are luser [ding!] enough to run something as lame as Winblows [ding!] for your P2P trawling, you deserve whatever happens to you.

2 more points.

Me and my linux boxen [ding!] [ding!] will be happily working with no interruption.

Boxen! That's worth double.

Later on, M$ [ding!] suckas!

7 points total. Well done.

Sorority girls beware

[robertjw]

Wow, how long do you think it will be before this is abused.

Enter one Melvin P. Thornowsky, CS major, geek with taped glasses and pants a little tight around the armpits. Of course, our hero has a HUGE crush on Miss Bambi Vanderbilt, sophomore member of the local Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. Melvin finally gets the nerve up to ask the beautiful, yet not all that smart Bambi out. Of course, he goes down in flames.

As revenge Melvin hacks Bambi's brand new laptop that her Daddy bought her and adds a nice pirated copy of "Flesh Gordon". Next time she hooks up to the campus network to check Cosmopolitan Online the MPAA Storm Troopers show up and take her to Jail. The whole Vanderbilt family is embarrassed, Bambi is disinherited and has to move in with Rocko, her secret boyfriend from the wrong side of the tracks.

MPAA - ruining lives one campus at a time.

Re:Bring on the sheep...

[PalmerEldritch42]

Interestingly enough, a wormhole appeared distorting the fabric of space and time, and through it fell a copy of the Encyclopedia Galactica from the year 2032. Listed under the heading of "MPAA" was an entry that read:

The RIAA was a total sleazebag group that was first up against the wall when the revolution came.

finkployd was summarily executed after a copyright infringement case.

Apologies, we meant the other one

[SuperBanana]

As a 48 yo grandmother, and a feminist, I am offended that this article considers grandmothers as technically incompentant.

Terribly sorry. We were talking about the other grandmother on Slashdot.

Re:Yeah Right

[Mr. Neutron]

A friend of mine is a professional litigator,

Professional litigators have friends? ;-)