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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 Of course, an amendment that would have clarified that was withdrawn immediately after it was offered."

3 of 222 comments (clear)

  1. Re:What's needed for this madness to stop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They are just asking for completely decentralized encrypted network. Soon they'll get it.

  2. Re:Here is some Clarification by Richard_at_work · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Even so... IMHO this still opens the door to more Orwellian legislation, and provides further evidence of how industry pwnes our government.

    Sounds like you are too young (or too old) to remember the 1984 (apt year eh?) National Minimum Drinking Age Act which saw the US Federal Government force each state to raise the minimum drinking age to 21 ....... or face retaliation by way of reducing Federal aid for state highways. Hows that for Orwellian?
  3. Not really a win. by gnutoo · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The part about filtering P2P is disturbing but there's are plenty of good legal alternatives to RIAA crap. I'd love to see every university mirror the Internet Archive, Creative Commons and promote work from people in their community. Let's take that part of this stupid law and make something cool that will continue to bleed the RIAA out of existence.