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Discuss “New bill forces universities to police students”

Thursday was a big day for the RIAA. After sending out a new batch of 417 out-of-court settlement letters to students at 16 universities, the House of Representatives education committee passed a bill requiring universities to offer legal alternatives to piracy, such as pay services, for its students. The bill urges universities to consider “technology-based deterrents” to block potential peer-to-peer transactions, effectively forcing universities to police their students’ downloading habits. As an incentive for universities, the bill threatens to pull out all students’ federal financial aid — even if not all

students download illegally — for universities that don’t comply.

This is not the way to curb illegal downloading. Universities...

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