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COAA bill puts Universities in front line against piracy

article published on 16 November, 2007

The College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007, which has been unanimously passed by the House Education and Labor Committee, includes provisions that plunge Universities into the front lines of the war on file sharing. The provisions force the educational facilities to adopt strict anti-piracy policies and even offer an alternative to illegal downloading, like a deal with Napster. ... [ read the full article ]

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ZippyDSM
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_ 		18. November 2007 @ 00:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
mmm either the media mafia gives out free stuff or or at 96% discount or they will never make any money here.
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_ 		11. December 2007 @ 16:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
In the long run this is not going to work. The mpaa and the riaa will still get the students some other way.
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phobet
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_ 		3. May 2008 @ 14:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It's interesting to note that nothing was said about where the funding will come from to support the enforcement of these anti-piracy policies. The recording industry must have learned how to do this from the credit card industry, where both the merchant and the credit card holder pay for the convenience of using credit cards. One can only assume that the cost of this initiative will be passed on to the students.
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_ 		6. May 2008 @ 02:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Colleges are producing our future. Some of our brightest are there. You don'tsuppose someone at a college campus is not going to figure a way around this. All software can be hacked. Give our students credit. They are smart and they will find a work around any technology lawmakers can come up with.
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