[FYI] UK: Universities to be sued over music downloads

["Axel H Horns" <axel.h.horns@gmx.net>]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-625793,00.html  

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Universities to be sued over music downloads  

By Adam Sherwin, Media Reporter  

THE British record industry is to prosecute universities that allow 
students to copy music over the internet through their computer 
networks.  

Heads of universities will face criminal sanctions if they collude in 
the illegal downloading of music files — “copyright theft” — that is 
costing the music industry £2 billion a year.  

The industry believes that universities, which offer students 
unlimited access to computers, are producing a generation of fans who 
believe that music is a commodity available free of charge. Websites 
such as kazaa and grokster allow internet users to download digital 
copies of the latest hits and produce their own compilation CDs for 
nothing  

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