Congress Asks Universities To Curb Piracy

The Illegal Subset of the Integers writes "According to Ars Technica, Congress has sent letters to 19 universities identified by the RIAA and MPAA as havens for copyright infringement. In it, they not only seek to discover what these universities are doing to dissuade students from infringing activities, but give the implied threat. House Judiciary Committee member Lamar Smith (R-TX) was quoted as saying, 'If we do not receive acceptable answers, Congress will be forced to act.' One wonders, though, what the universities are supposed to do when international disrespect for imaginary property rights is so widespread that there are currently over two million hits on Google for a certain oft-posted illegal number, up from the three hundred thousand hits from sometime yesterday."

Comments

DC++

[SpeedyDX]

I just searched on DC++ for "Spider-Man 3" and the results gave me "Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."

Then I come to /. and click the link to this article, and I got a page saying "Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."

They're out to get me. *huddles in a corner, grasping at his tinfoil hat*

Piracy definitely needs to be stopped!

[Applekid]

Last time I was stopped at a light on the perimeter road of my local university a vessel approached me and demanded all the tea and spices in my hull. When I told them I didn't know what they were talking about, they shot a canonball at the side of my car.

It's about time Congress stepped up to protect the people from these pirates! I had to miss class that day (that's my story and I'm sticking to it.)

Re:Piracy definitely needs to be stopped!

[hal2814]

My school is too busy dealing with those pesky ninjas to turn their attention to pirates just yet.

And in other news

[Anonymous Coward]

Several high level members of the RIAA and MPAA were reported coming out of the offices of Lamar Smith and several other congress members, smiling and waving, along with an odd white frosting on their lips.

Re:I would like to ask Congress...

[megamerican]

I completely agree. Congress needs to work on more attainable issues, like bringing peace to the Middle East.

Their reply

[slapout]

Dear Congress,

    As requested by the MPAA we are currently doing everything we can to ban the numbers 0, 9, 11, 2, 9, 74, 5, 8, 41, 56, 5, 63, 56, 88 and the letters f, d, e, b, and c from our campus. The math and english departments are giving us some resistance, but we should have them under control soon.

--The University

Perfect Politics

[HomelessInLaJolla]

Step 1: Create broken legislation
Step 2: Appeal to government funded institutions to provide free customer service
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit!!!

Re:Depends on how they "act"

[peipas]

Considering that we have a congress that is by the people, for the people, I assume it's just around the corner.

Re:Response

[gemada]

Can you point me to the chinese CAM version of Spiderman 3? i need... errrr....evidence of copyright infringement.

Re:Response

[Anonymous Coward]

Can you point me to the chinese CAM version of Spiderman 3? i need... errrr....evidence of copyright infringement.

http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3680555/SpiderMan.3.20 07.CAM.XviD-PiiRaYaA

Re:"Imaginary property rights"?

[msblack]

Something about the number 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 really strikes me as awesome. Because you find that number so awesome, I created a fun puzzle in the style of those grammar school word search puzzles. See how many times you can find that number in this puzzle. It can appear in horizontal or vertical succession, forwards or backwards, or it may appear diagonally. As an ENTJ and former math major I find great enjoyment playing with numbers and puzzles.

0D 8C 35 C0 88 56 63 C5 56 41 D8 5B E3 74 9D 02 11 F9 09 0A
88 38 59 0D 18 54 60 12 51 26 5A 4C 33 21 41 36 4F 2A F9 0C
56 87 C0 0D 60 46 17 04 26 31 53 5B 57 31 1B 34 C0 05 11 3C
63 47 88 50 35 36 55 48 06 2B 0B 3B 2D 37 0D 88 88 2F 02 32
C5 0F 56 0D 11 26 30 48 3F 4E 4C 5A 12 40 56 31 56 4F 9D 5F
56 5D 63 2B 63 45 38 37 1A 5E 0F 5D 4F 63 1B 14 63 0A 74 1C
41 43 C5 28 54 C5 4E 32 59 5B 5C 35 C5 30 5B 37 C5 62 E3 19
D8 18 56 2E 3F 20 37 2A 3F 53 4D 56 10 23 58 39 56 59 5B 26
5B 45 41 48 50 62 61 41 5C 0A 41 0A 08 08 3C 04 41 1A D8 4D
E3 25 D8 0F 03 15 19 05 D8 D8 3B 60 08 29 27 4B D8 05 41 24
74 5C 5B 4C 3F 46 07 3E 5B 5B 1D 18 43 3D 4C 17 5B 3F 56 48
9D 12 E3 0A 40 1F 22 E3 01 05 E3 06 34 1F 1A 4D E3 3D C5 49
02 57 74 0B 16 15 74 42 4F 16 43 29 0D 42 26 08 74 2E 63 56
11 4D 9D 17 22 9D 62 1E 57 3E 21 4B 4D 06 53 48 9D 01 56 4C
F9 43 02 2F 02 21 0A 53 30 0A 61 13 35 17 63 49 02 25 88 0B
09 2C 11 11 38 62 54 4D 0D 5B 16 53 3E 22 63 01 11 01 C0 15
5E 3F F9 41 20 03 4E 04 1C 2E 04 48 02 49 3D F9 F9 3C 43 18
32 09 09 F9 11 35 17 21 10 4C 61 46 18 3B 16 1D 09 12 53 44
63 42 63 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 88 C0 03 03 24
48 C0 88 56 63 C5 56 41 D8 5B E3 74 9D 02 11 F9 09 17 05 4C

Re:Congress... isn't what you think it is.

[Anonymous Coward]

John Adams: I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace; that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a Congress!

John Adams: A second flood, a simple famine, plagues of locusts everywhere, or a cataclysmic earthquake, I'd accept with some despair. But no, You sent us Congress! Good God, Sir, was that fair?