-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Nini last name wrote: > Come on, we all know protesting isn't going to do a damn thing, if > these guys in the senate had any idea of how to go about downloading > pirated material, much less the situation surrounding it, I'd eat my let > leg. The only way we'd be able to overturn such a thing would be to > somehow get the media to show how bullshit this act is. > > Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 12:37:15 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [FC-discuss] Senate passes the Higher Ed Act w/ anti-p2p > provisions > > Welcome to sleep on my futon. > > Kevin > > -- > Kevin Donovan > Georgetown '11: SFS > www.blurringborders.com <http://www.blurringborders.com> > > On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Fred Benenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Bus trip to DC to protest? > > On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 3:47 AM, Elizabeth Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Should we talk more about what can be done with this now that > it's expected to be signed into law? > > From Ars Technica: > > > College funding bill passed with anti-P2P provisions intact > > <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080801-college-funding-bill-passed-with-anti-p2p-provisions-intact.html> > > > By Ryan Paul <http://arstechnica.com/authors.ars/segphault> | > Published: August 01, 2008 - 06:15AM CT > The Senate and House have voted to reauthorize the Higher > Education Act and approved controversial new provisions that > will require universities to provide students with access to > commercial music downloading services and implement traffic > filtering technologies in order to deter peer-to-peer > filesharing. The bill now goes to President Bush, who is > expected to sign it into law. > > These provisions have strong support from the content industry, > but have been targeted with widespread criticism from the > academic community and advocacy groups such as Educause. The > push for mandatory filtering at universities began in 2007 when > the RIAA published a list of top piracy schools > <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070222-8900.html> and > the MPAA claimed that piracy on university campuses accounts for > 44 percent of the movie industry's annual losses to piracy. The > group later retracted this claim when it was discovered that the > numbers were grossly inflated > > <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080122-oops-mpaa-admits-college-piracy-numbers-grossly-inflated.html>. > The RIAA followed up its top piracy school list with a > litigation and propaganda campaign > <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070301-8953.html> which > included the development of a web site to handle automated > settlements, but soon faced serious setbacks > > <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070715-judge-deals-another-blow-to-riaas-war-against-on-campus-filesharing.html> > in court. > The MPAA also developed an Ubuntu-based software toolkit for > detecting file-sharing on university networks, but was forced to > discontinue distribution of the software when they were hit with > a Digital Millenium Copyright Act takedown notice. The MPAA had > violated copyright law > > <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071204-mpaas-university-toolkit-hit-with-dmca-takedown-notice-after-gpl-violation.html> > by failing to adhere to the General Public License under which > Ubuntu is distributed. > > The MPAA's high-tech anti-piracy solution > The RIAA and MPAA have vigorously lobbied for a legislative > solution at both the state > > <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080511-big-content-fighting-campus-p2p-by-lobbying-for-state-laws.html> > and federal > > <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080320-mpaa-to-congress-filtering-is-in-colleges-best-interests.html> > levels. Pressure from the content industry compelled Congress to > begin investigating the issue > > <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070503-congress-to-universities-curb-piracy-or-we-will-be-forced-to-act.html>. > > The lobbying efforts eventually resulted in the addition of > anti-piracy provisions in the College Opportunity and > Affordability Act in the House, which passed > > <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080207-controversial-college-funding-bill-passedp2p-proviso-intact.html> > by a wide margin in February. The Senate version of this bill > passed today with bipartisan support. > A statement issued by the joint House and Senate committees > responsible for harmonizing the two versions of the bill > explains that universities will have to begin authoring formal > piracy deterrence plans. The statement also recommends several > commercial anti-P2P technologies including Audible Magic's > CopySense Network Appliance and Red Lambda's Integrity filtering > tool. > "[The amendment includes] language requiring institutions to > make available the development of plans to detect and prevent > unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material on the > institution of higher education's information technology > system," the statement says. "The Conferees have combined > elements from both bills to require institutions to advise > students about this issue and to certify that all institutions > have plans to combat and reduce illegal peer to peer file sharing." > The MPAA hailed the bill's passage. "We work closely with > leaders in the higher education community because we both have a > stake in ensuring that intellectual property continues to be a > strong, vibrant part of our nation's economy," said MPAA > president Dan Glickman. "By including these important provisions > in the Higher Education Act, Congress is sending a strong > message that intellectual property is worth protecting." > The MPAA will shortly begin sending out what it describes as > "campus briefing books" that contain information on the > anti-piracy provisions of the new law and what schools need to > do in order to be in compliance. The books will also offer hints > on how to clamp down on P2P traffic and detect infringement. > There are presently no penalties for failing to comply with the > requirement, but Educause and many in the academic community > fear that the new provisions are a trojan horse that will open > the door for Congress to add penalties in future iterations. If > this happens, universities could potentially be denied funding > if they don't agree to play copyright cop. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > Your PC, mobile phone, and online services work together like never > before. See how Windows® fits your life > <http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/108587394/direct/01/> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss Civil disobedience is the best reaction to laws like this, just pretend like they don't exist. If you're at a public college, protesting *might* do something because by using RIAA-improved software they're enriching a private business that has been known to unfairly target their own demographic. CRK -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
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