Tuesday, September 04, 2007
R
Pirates!!!
College students beware: Universities are ratcheting up punishments for illegally downloading music and video from your dorm rooms this school year in an effort to tamp down the popular pastime. Downloading music and video from your dorm room? That doesn't make sense at all.
Stanford has three full-time employees doing the bidding of the RI/MPAA. Hahaha! Meanwhile, here at Cal...
After receiving notification, students are required to remove illegally downloaded material from their computers. A computer technician will be sent to inspect the computers of students who assert their innocence. I'm a bit curious about this. What kind of inspection would this be? Show me the contents of your hard drive? That's a bit overbearing, especially since they'd be acting on an accusation without any proof whatsoever. It seems like it would be pretty trivial to hide evidence, in any case.
Ellen Chiu, a UC Berkeley freshman, said she uses only legal file-sharing services to get songs by her favorite musicians.
"I'm a good Samaritan," said Chiu, who was sitting on a bench outside a dorm listening to music playing on a friend's laptop. "The rules don't affect me because I don't download." I don't think that's what makes a good Samaritan.
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