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[FYI] University of Virginia, U.S.: Napster teach-in on campus
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- Subject: [FYI] University of Virginia, U.S.: Napster teach-in on campus
- From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 20:19:50 +0200
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05 September 2000
Napster teach-in on campus
About 3,000 incoming students at the University of Virginia wishing
to obtain an e-mail account this year had to answer 10 multiple-
choice questions, including the following:
"With Napster or similar services . . . you:
A. Have found a great way to protest record company pricing policies.
B. Know you will be able to stay within your budget for the year due
to the funds you will save by not purchasing CDs.
C. Have violated University policy; have violated federal law; have
violated the university's Honor Code; have put yourself at real
personal risk for a lawsuit for copyright infringement; have opened
your computer so that anyone on the Internet can obtain any file from
it; have contributed to network congestion (or complete network
stalls) in the residence halls from uploads and downloads of MP3
files to and from the entire Internet."
It doesn't take an MBA to figure out the answer the university wanted
was not "A" or "B."
But the university hasn't blocked students from using popular file
sharing programs like Napster, Scour or Gnutella.
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