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- ElbridgeGerry, on 10/10/2007, -3/+117"Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it." - John Lennon
- doctornkul, on 10/10/2007, -1/+68This is ridiculous. College already costs enough as it is.
- HombreDeLaNoche, on 10/10/2007, -0/+65So Reid is in the RIAA's pocket. How splendid.
- wil2200, on 10/10/2007, -0/+41this is getting more and more retarded with each new case..now RIAA and MPAA want the colleges to spy on their student body? I suppose providing a good education at an already ridiculous price isn't enough. Screw Reid and his bill. I hope the day comes when the RIAA and MPAA and their followers are sucked into a black hole of oblivion.
- nhassan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23watch some tech savy college students come up with the next big sharing software. won't they ever learn, you cant stop us.
- Itazura, on 10/10/2007, -0/+20"measures to block P2P and relay all infringement notices to students"
Well they aren't doing a good job of blocking if you can still infringe against it now can you. I think i'm gonna go seed some torrents, this article makes me feel sad. - twatwaffle, on 10/10/2007, -2/+21***** the MPAA and RIAA
- okvol, on 10/10/2007, -1/+20So the colleges are to blame. Top 25 "worst offenders". What about actual rate of downloads? Oh right, they don't have any real metrics to measure that, just some BS they keep sharing for publicity.
1. The colleges are only providing the network infrastructure. The poor IT guys there are stuck between:
A) tight budgets
B) an administration that has its own agenda
C) academics that are disconnected from the real world
2. The colleges just happen to be a collection point for the modern, connected generation
3. The RIAA has no real statistics on what is going on
4. So, this infrastructure will cost more money which will come from either:
A) Parents trying to foot the bill
B) Student loans
This is another case of unfunded mandates. THAT should be the real issue here. Again and again the US Congress passes legislation that forces colleges and/or public schools to spend money with providing the budget to pay for the change. Another blazing example: No Child Gets Ahead (aka No Child Left Behind). - c130commnav, on 10/10/2007, -4/+22Because P2P is ONLY for pirating, it has no other purpose.
Won't even matter because they will just find a way around the system, damn kids. - strictnein, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15Things have changed now that the Dems are in power! Or... maybe they haven't.
- MrObjectional, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15Sorry for the comment abuse, but apparently the amendment has been withdrawn--
http://em.innovationads.com/
"College Officials’ Outrage Causes Senator to Withdraw
Proposed File-Sharing Measures" - Homunculiheaded, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Super smart people always miss obvious sarcasm!
- houndeyex, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Now how will I download Ubuntu?!
- Kelgann, on 10/10/2007, -3/+16Congress really does not have the authority to do this. They have the power to regulate "interstate commerce" which this most certainly is not. If anything, this is a state or local issue (and I seriously doubt that a state or town would put these kinds of outrageous restraints on colleges).
- masterstan, on 12/06/2008, -0/+12Which colleges are on the list? Hopefully.... RPI/MIT/Stanford/George Tech/etc. so that someone makes the next Napster and finds a way to encrypt user information :)
- Brian48216, on 10/10/2007, -3/+14Always make sure to read the story. I thought Bill meant Bill Gates at first, and was ready for the anger of a thousand apple fanboys raging across the boards.
- LoopyChew, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Only if he attempts to keep people from stealing his music.
- macaddct1984, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11That just shows how long this craziness has be going on for.
- TheUngod, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10If they have a Computer Science program, P2P will never be totally stopped.
- swoopdog, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10digg for being a seeder.
- atrus123, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Good place for the Senate majority leader to be. Wonder what his payoff is.
- anks329, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Congress has power over the budget, that is what they are exercising. They won't give Federal money to colleges that are on the list.
And I am so glad that I'm done with college, and won't have to deal with this if it passes. - bshock, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Right. File-sharing is the number one major problem for the U.S. The terrorist president and his illegal war of conquest are a distant second and third.
- TechCF, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8I agree. The sub-topic should read:
"Students forced to download free software at 2kb/s because of no net-neutrality and overloaded servers" - revdan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid protecting the rights of the large record label companies against those bad, poor college students! Go Harry!
http://searchwarp.com/swa232762.htm - insomniac8400, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070222-8900.html
1. Ohio University - 1,287
2. Purdue University - 1,068
3. University of Nebraska at Lincoln - 1,002
4. University of Tennessee at Knoxville - 959
5. University of South Carolina - 914
6. University of Massachusetts at Amherst - 897
7. Michigan State University - 753
8. Howard University - 572
9. North Carolina State University - 550
10. University of Wisconsin at Madison - 513
11. University of South Florida - 490
12. Syracuse University - 488
13. Northern Illinois University - 487
14. University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire - 473
15. Boston University - 470
16. Northern Michigan University - 457
17. Kent State University - 424
18. University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - 400
19. University of Texas at Austin - 371
20. North Dakota State University - 360
21. Indiana University - 353
22. Western Kentucky University - 353
23. Seton Hall University - 338
24. Arizona State University - 336
25. Marshall University - 331 - tvh2k, on 10/10/2007, -3/+10Dear Senator Reid,
PLEASE DO NOT BE A DROID TO THE RIAA.
Respectfully submitted,
teh Internets - subbzzz, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9"Because P2P is ONLY for pirating"
What about Linux Distros?
*runs and hides* - killdashnine, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8The U.S. Congress advocates yet another "Special Ed" bill.
- ddxChrist, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6No more loans... No more loans! I don't feel like eating more cardboard daily.
- halik, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7I bet i know who's paying that fools campaign bills. US really needs a limit how much influence people and legal entities can exert on politicians.
- murphygr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6i'm pretty certain this would only effect colleges who get federal funding. if not, they've found some strongarmed way of forcing private colleges into this
- swoopdog, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6***** the suits behind the BSA
and ***** em all for the DMCA! - IADTatami, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Nothing much will change until we reevaluate corporate personhood.
- ampd, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Not ALL p2p is used just for pirating. For example: Some video games have been using torrents to distribute updates. All of the OS companies are looking into how torrents can be used for OS updates. It is a strong protocol and is not used solely for pirating. As many people have mention before me, no one will ever be able to stop or even control pirating as its similar to our continuing efforts within our "war on drugs" or "war on terror"...People will always find a way around...
- thespiff, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7This is utter BS. This is happening because schools have been all to willing to do the bidding of the RIAA. It is not the responsibility of the school to police its students personal lives. Some schools have been trying to appear as if they are forward-thinking by trying to find creative solutions to the piracy problem.
For example, my alma mater Penn State was the first school to adopt the new Napster and provide the service to all its students with no obvious cost (and no way for students to opt-out for a refund). They've since discontinued that service, but are now pushing some new web-based service. This sort of thing encourages the RIAA. They think "since so many schools want to help us, we can probably get away with putting a law into place that forces them to help us".
Penn State broke off its deal with Napster due to cost. This sort of thing is very expensive, and there is very little benefit to the school aside from the fact that it gives the schools a better ethical appearance.
Schools should not (and will not) be forced to finance this. It simply will not be tolerated by university administrations, and this bill cannot possibly pass. The nerve of the RIAA, conveying the message that colleges have some sort of obligation to be their little anti-piracy monkeys. As if colleges don't have other priorities. - shauncorleone, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6This is where government belongs, overseeing the usage of our educational institutions' bandwidth.
/sarcasm - IADTatami, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Painfully lame. Law enforcement's response to a crime should not be more destructive to society than the crime itself.
Our insane IP laws benefit no one but greedy middle men. - h4rdcor3, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Just contacted my Senators. Everyone else should do the same
- TechCF, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5A bill that removes net neutrality from schools? Something is really wrong with your country
- TechCF, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Listening to it right now :)
- abandonedhero, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Mmm... Barley...
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4stupid RIAA and MPAA still cant stop the ol' school network, DC++.
- omarciddo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Am I the only one who first thought the "Bill" in the title meant Bill Gates?
- dictatortot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4georgia tech is definitely up there, but not rpi
- sheen7334, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4wait, what. I thought the Democrats had been anointed to be our newest saviors. The two-party system is broken, people, beyond repair. ALL of them are bought and paid for, all of them. Nanny state, corporatism run amok, military industrial complex -- take your pick. The two parties simply play musical chairs. Are these are only choices? No, they are not. Throw off the shackles. Vote libertarian. Cryptkeeper (http://66.232.26.48/ee/index.php?/fist/more/a_political_party_that_fights/) Reid cannot help us. And you thought my guy was a nut case!!
- UnoriginalMind, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Stop being such a negative ass. On Digg, we lie to people, and give them false hope.
Get with it. - IADTatami, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Liberals wouldn't support torture, spying, gun control or conscription. There are very few liberals in Congress.
The propagandists on both the left and the right must have done a pretty good job of programming the public to associate the word "liberal" with authoritarian concepts and people, if the first thing that comes to mind when one hears the word "liberal" is Hillary Clinton, higher taxes and gun control. - ImTheManWhoRU, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5well i wish someone would beat bill's ass
- Herolint, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Push for it. Start a grass root campaign to force stiff penalties for politicians who accept bribes (like the death penalty or exile to France; but I repeat myself).
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