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TOP STORIES FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2002 U.S. Plans to Prosecute Peer-to-Peer Pirates Promos to Tackle Piracy Education Privacy Group Says EU Planning to Increase Surveillance AND Three Virginia Schools Partner in New Technology Center Using Poetry to Stop Spam Cisco to Buy Andiamo Systems U.S. PLANS TO PROSECUTE PEER-TO-PEER PIRATES U.S. deputy assistant attorney general John Malcolm told an audience at The Progress and Freedom Foundation's annual summit that Americans need to understand that swapping copies of music and movies is illegal and can result in prison terms. He said that the Internet has become "the world's largest copy machine" and that criminal prosecution of copyright offenders is needed to protect America's content industries. Malcolm oversees the section of the Justice Department that prosecutes copyright and computer crime cases. CNET, 20 August 2002 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-954591.html PROMOS TO TACKLE PIRACY EDUCATION Peter Chernin, News Corp. president and Fox Group chief executive, said that public service announcements warning viewers against copyright infringement will run before movies shown in a leading theater chain, which he did not name. Speaking at an annual gathering of information technology leaders sponsored by The Progress and Freedom Foundation think tank, Chernin also said that the announcements will appear on network television and video releases. He explained that digital piracy does not have the same stigma as shoplifting, although both are stealing. San Jose Mercury News, 20 August 2002 http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3904946.htm PRIVACY GROUP SAYS EU PLANNING TO INCREASE SURVEILLANCE An Internet group that monitors civil liberties in Europe warned of a plan to force European Union telephone carriers, mobile network operators, and Internet service providers to store details of their customers' Web use, e-mails, and phone calls for up to two years. Statewatch claimed that it has seen a copy of a binding "framework decision" being worked on by some EU governments that would force all EU governments to pass laws compelling retention of traffic data for one to two years. This data would be made available to governments and law enforcement agencies. Currently, the EU Parliament is debating revisions to the 1997 EU Directive on Privacy in Telecommunications, which states that companies can retain traffic data only for billing purposes. CNET, 20 August 2002 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-954487.html AND ******************************************** THREE VIRGINIA SCHOOLS PARTNER IN NEW TECHNOLOGY CENTER Virginia has started construction on an $18 million, 90,000-square-foot academic technology center called the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, in Danville. It will be jointly run by Averett University and Danville Community College, both located in Danville, and Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg. All three plan to offer joint degree programs in technology areas, with classes face-to-face and online in nature. The center will provide equipment and facilities, including supercomputers, for student research. High-speed Internet cables are being installed for the institute and to attract technology companies to the area. The center is scheduled for completion in 2003. Chronicle of Higher Education, 20 August 2002 (sub. req'd) http://chronicle.com/free/2002/08/2002082001t.htm USING POETRY TO STOP SPAM Habeas, a new spam-filtering service headed by anti-spam activist and attorney Anne P. Mitchell, embeds a bit of copyrighted poetry in e-mail messages to guarantee that they are not spam. Any spammers who attempt to use the verse in their own messages will be sued for copyright infringement, said Mitchell. Habeas lets people set up e-mail filters specifying that all messages containing the verse be delivered, permitting delivery of e-mail that contains content typically blocked by spam filters. Mitchell said that Dun and Bradstreet will serve as Habeas' collection agency, and several commercial spam-filtering services intend to add Habeas to their spam-filtering tools. Wired News, 20 August 2002 http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,54645,00.html CISCO TO BUY ANDIAMO SYSTEMS Cisco Systems announced plans to buy Andiamo Systems, whose technology connects servers to banks of stored data. Andiamo was started by former Cisco employees, resides on Cisco's grounds in San Jose, California, and has received loans from Cisco previously. The purchase, scheduled for the first half of 2004, provides Cisco an entry into the storage networking market. Analysts expect continued growth in that market thanks to a trend in which businesses separate their servers from their data stores. The company plans to begin shipping its first product by the end of this year. New York Times, 21 August 2002 (registration req'd) http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/21/technology/21CISC.html ***************************************************** EDUPAGE INFORMATION To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your settings, visit http://www.educause.edu/pub/edupage/edupage.html Or, you can subscribe or unsubscribe by sending e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To SUBSCRIBE, in the body of the message type: SUBSCRIBE Edupage YourFirstName YourLastName To UNSUBSCRIBE, in the body of the message type: SIGNOFF Edupage If you have subscription problems, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For past issues of Edupage or information about translations of Edupage into other languages, visit http://www.educause.edu/pub/edupage/edupage.html ***************************************************** OTHER EDUCAUSE PUBLICATIONS EDUCAUSE publishes periodicals, including "EDUCAUSE Quarterly" and "EDUCAUSE Review," books, and other materials dealing with the impacts and implications of information technology in higher education. 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