Colleges and Universities have been aware for a long time that students are using the internet as a conduit to d/l music and movie files and of course this requires enormous bandwidth which can tie up the college or university network.
Well it seems that the RIAA and the MPAA now have
A coalition of six higher education trade groups is now sending its own letter to universities, asking them to take the copyright holders' concerns seriously, although it stops short of advocating specific policies. |
"Given our responsibility as educators to help students make ethical and lawful choices, we encourage you to make efforts to educate students, faculty and staff about appropriate and inappropriate uses of (copyrighted) materials," the education trade groups' letter said. "While this is a vexing issue with no simple solutions, we hope you will join us in addressing the inappropriate use of campus facilities to disseminate (copyrighted) materials."
Groups signing the letter included the American Association of Community Colleges, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the American Council on Education, the Association of American Universities, the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges.
Will slapping a student's hand stop it or taking away a student's use of the network for six months or perhaps expulsion solve the problem?
Source: cnet tech news
