Universities Struggling To Deal With Law Requiring Them To Fight File Sharing

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: June 19, 2009 4:49:46 PM EDT
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Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Universities Struggling To Deal With Law  
Requiring Them To Fight File Sharing

Universities Struggling To Deal With Law Requiring Them To Fight File  
Sharing
from the what-a-waste dept
<http://techdirt.com/articles/20090618/0337155278.shtml>

For years, Hollywood pushed Congress to pass laws that would hold  
colleges and universitiesresponsible for cracking down on unauthorized  
file sharing that happened on campus. The threat was that if  
universities didn't stop file sharing, Congress could withold federal  
financial aid funds from students. That's quite a big stick. What  
justified it? Well, the MPAA put out a report claiming that 44% of  
"losses" from file sharing came from college campuses. Of course, the  
number (like so many out of entertainment industry lobbyists) was  
entirely made up. In fact, it was so ridiculous that even the MPAA  
came out and publicly admittedthe numbers were bogus and apologized!

You would think, after that, Congress would think twice about passing  
a law that was written based on such bogus numbers. Think again.  
Congress had no problem rushing it through and getting it signed by  
the President.

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