Archive for June 2007
an Analysis of Record Industry's Suicide
Any one who’s been paying attention already knows this. But Rolling Stone has published a great analysis of the Record Industry’s suicide.
University promises to be RIAA's enforcers
“The University of Washington has decided that if the music industry identifies IP addresses of students who are carrying out illegal file sharing it will track them down and serve them the legal papers.”
See the article here at the Inquirer.
pursuing copyright on Campus
“The House committees responsible for copyright and education wrote a joint letter May 1 scolding the presidents of 19 major American universities, demanding that each school respond to a six-page questionnaire detailing steps it has taken to curtail illegal music and movie file-sharing on campus. One of the questions – ‘Does your institution expel violating students?’ – shows just how out-of-control the futile battle against campus downloading has become.”
Read the full article at the Washington Post.
There’s also an article at ZDNet.
