Very disturbing legislation regarding college networks
Saturday, November 24th, 2007The EFF has an item in their most recent newsletter that really disturbs me. Apparently, the MPAA has gotten a piece included in a congressional higher education bill that would force universities to filter network traffic and provide a pay-per-use music sharing. All this, in the name of copyright protection. I’m sorry, but *fuck* no. Students are citizens just like everyone else. MPAA (or congress) has NO right to force monitoring on them. If any of you reading this are students, I *strongly* recommend you speak up about this. Talk to your senator/representive. Talk to your campus network security group. Hell, just tell your friends about it. So far, this seems to have gone completely under the radar.
Democrats: Colleges must police copyright, or else
Top congressional Democrats put pressure on colleges and universities to stamp out peer-to-peer piracy or lose financial aid for all their students.
By Anne Broache and Declan McCullagh
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published: November 9, 2007, 5:41 PM PST