RIAA win: Tennessee to police campus networks (CNET) http://tech.yahoo.com/news/cnet/20081119/tc_cnet/8301102331010184093
Tennessee has agreed to filter computer networks for unauthorized music downloads at the state's colleges and universities . Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen signed into law a bill designed to thwart music piracy at the state's campuses, the Recording Industry Association of America said on its Web site . The bill requires Tennessee public and private schools exercise "appropriate means" to ensure that campus computer networks aren't being used to download copyright material via peer-to-peer file-sharing programs , the RIAA said. "Upon a proper analysis of the network," the RIAA continued, "those institutions are required to implement technological support and develop and enforce a computer network usage policy to effectively limit the number of unauthorized transmissions of copyrighted works." The Electronic Frontier Foundation , an Internet-user advocacy group, called the law "ridiculous," and said the costs of enforcing it would top $9 million. "The entertainment industry lobby seems to be succeeding, bit-by-bit in persuading legislators to coerce universities into buying 'infringement suppression' technologies," the EFF said in a blog post, adding that these technologies are expensive and "won't stop file sharing on campus networks." The RIAA said that a 2007 Student Monitor survey found that more than half of college students download music and movies illegally. A friend of mine, Patricia Montesinos, a senior at the University of Tennessee , said Tuesday she's seen no notifications yet from the school about filtering. *********************************** * POST TO [email protected] * *********************************** Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
