Penn State Cuts off P2P File-Traders
Ryan Naraine,
News.Com,
Apr 23, 2003
The crackdown continues as Penn State pulls the plug on 220 student accounts acused of being used for file sharing. There is no word in this story about how it was determined that the contents were in fact copyrighted materials or whether any sort of due process, such as a hearing, was followed before the penalty was exacted. Another report. As Kenny Crews writes to the Digital Copyright list, "The statute is filled with nuance, procedures, and protections, but the CRLFpractical reality is that we will often see it implemented with the delicacy of a sledge hammer."
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