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College Funding Bill Passes House, P2P Provision Intact

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the pay-no-attention-to-the-man-behind-the-curtain dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Ars Technica is reporting that the College Opportunity and Affordability Act passed through the House today with a vote of 354-58 and the anti-P2P provision is intact. That provision would require universities to filter P2P and to offer legal alternatives. They are claiming now, though, that universities would not lose federal funding if they fail to do this. Of course, an amendment that would have clarified that was withdrawn immediately after it was offered."

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  1. Sigh... by AndGodSed · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hands up all who are surprised and shocked. Hokay, slap yourself in the face nooby. My goodness delilah, I cannot believe you actually put up your hand! Are you so attention starved that you would willingly humiliate yourself in front of EVERYBODY in a manner that is as degrading as that!? Now stop staring at me with those fish eyes of yours and go uninstall all those supposed "legal" computer software that is crawling through that porn infested pile of junk you call a PC. Do you really think you'll be a programmer one day? *storms off in a huff* /cox rant...

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  2. Re:Here is some Clarification by Beardo+the+Bearded · · Score: 5, Funny

    Technically, they could say,

    "Your alternative to illegal downloading is a ham sandwich. The plan is to have ham sandwiches be a mandatory part of the meal plan. "

    and it would follow the letter of the law, if not the spirit.

    There you go, every campus in the US. Where's my grant?

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  3. Get Off My Lawn! by Bimo_Dude · · Score: 3, Funny
    Oh yeah?

    Back in my day, we walked bare-pegged, uphill both ways, in shattered-glass covered knee deep snow in the desert, to trade 300 lb. boxes of punchcards!

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  4. Re:GOOD by pragma_x · · Score: 3, Funny

    a college is not a classroom.
    Agreed. It's more like a very large laboratory... with beer.

    Regretably, some students treat it like a large lavatory, especially after the beer part is factored in.
  5. Re:*sigh* by cbart387 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now now. Here at slashdot we have balanced discussion where most people read the articles, keep the discussions on topic and don't bring up stupid 'memes' (that they think are clever).

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  6. Re:Here is some Clarification by techno-vampire · · Score: 2, Funny
    "Your alternative to illegal downloading is a ham sandwich. The plan is to have ham sandwiches be a mandatory part of the meal plan. "


    I'd love to see them try that. There'd be lawsuits from every, single observant Jew and Moslem student on First Amendment grounds, and the school would lose them all. ROTFLMAO!

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  7. Re:Here is some Clarification by MadnessASAP · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dante's Inferno is a work of fiction not a religious text and therefore has no bearing on the current temperature of hell.

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