Get our new Windows 7 eBook (PDF) for $7 with 70+ Tips. Download Now!
File Sharing on College Campus has Some Mixed Reviews
- 1
- Add a Comment
A reauthorized law will ask college university to deter college students from sharing illegal files. The law hasn’t been approved by Congress for 10 years. In a couple of weeks President Bush will sign the legislation. As the university will create ways to stop copyright materials from being shared, there will a legal alternatives of peer-to-peer sharing offer. If universities don’t comply with the new law , they may lose federal funding. If they comply with the new law, they may apply for a grant to support for the development of a program to stop illegal file sharing.
One Comment
Small Biz Tech Talk Blog
August 2nd, 2008
at 6:39pm
I think the word “deter” pretty much explains the complexity the Internet has brought to copyright law. Thanks to the expanded and nearly limitless opportunities the Internet has brought us for both recreational use and business use, it’s pretty hard for the law to keep track of what people are doing online and make sure it’s following the rules as they apply to other printed and creative materials. I think for security reasons it’s definitely important to be mindful of what is happening within your institution or business in terms of Internet use (whether you’re a university or a business of any size or simply a home user). As someone that has worked with small businesses and small business computer consultants for years on technology issues and security issues as well, I know how devastating compromised systems can be; and file sharing can certainly open you up to a lot of problems if abused. I think it will be interesting to see how successful laws are that are passed and what they produce in terms of results.