Legal Niches

Federal Rules for File-Sharing on Campuses Kick in Today

By james_fudge

Today is the deadline for U.S. colleges and universities that receive Title IV federal money to implement anti-piracy procedures on campus networks as part of the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) of 2008. The law requires that schools provide students with a description of copyright law and campus policies related to copyright law violations, that schools combat copyright violations on campus networks using "technology-based deterrents" and offer "alternatives to illegal downloading." The law was supported by movie and music industry for obvious reasons.

Some schools have been trying to comply with these new rules for the last year and are handling it in different ways. At the University of Kansas a student has his or her network access suspended when accused of illegally sharing music or movies; at other schools like Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and the State University of New York at New Paltz repeat offenders can lose network access permanently. Other schools may send written notices to students or force them to meet with school officials. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on July 01, 2010 (boomark / email).