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backMPAA to Congress: Make the universities stop students' illegal file sharing kdawson link here sends you to Declan McCullagh for the details of a draft law that would take federal financial aid away from universities if they fail to adopt a "technological solution to stop illegal file sharing." Behind the law is the Motion Picture Association of America which is mainly concerned with the loss of revenue from copies of motion pictures link here.
This is the second case in which offended industries have sought to make the government responsible for enforcing their intellectual property rights. We reported only yesterday that the RIAA was promoting to make the Justice Department responsible for finding and punishing internet violators of copyright. This measure is buried in a 747-page spending and financial aid bill which you can peruse on line link here. [Posted at 11/11/2007 08:08 PM by John Bennett on IP in the News Comments My guess is that universities that tried to enforce this would find themselves quickly lacking in prospective students, and, at the end of the day, would need to choose between accepting government contracts and attracting good students. I wonder if anyone ran this by the Defense Department before they ran it up the flagpole? [Comment at 11/12/2007 04:52 PM by Stephen Spear] Eric Bangeman has a much more detailed description of the draft bill and how it would affect colleges and universities and more importantly consumers link here. The bill will no doubt get changed, whether enough to get rid of the worst features it is way too soon to tell. As I suggested before, weigh in with your Congressmen. [Comment at 11/12/2007 05:51 PM by John Bennett] Submit Comment |
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