Comments on: RIAA win: Tennessee to police campus networks

Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen signs into law a bill that requires public and private schools in the state to ensure their computer networks are free of pirated material.

[sythara]

People could just go back to what they were doing before p2p networks came about.

[Renegade Knight]

Well now why isn't the BIAA (Book Industry Association) forcing libraries to monitor their content for pirated, plagerized, and otherwise unauthorized materials.

I wonder how far a DMCA takedown notice to the Library of Congress would get? Maybe on the floor of congress. The Dems could shut down a Rep filibuster using a DMCA takedown of the blather that makes up the filibuster. Someone should do that. Hit the folks who make the laws right where it hurts.

[bishop375]

Regardless of the legality/illegality of the material being downloaded, having the government snoop EVERY campus network potentially violates the 4th Amendment. It's searching for something that may or may not exist, without probable cause.

[^}Professor{^]

The RIAA will fail, this will be declared unconstitutional as the law will impede legal usage of the protocols it will block. This law may cost the state more as lawsuits from students, college faculty, and companies that use these protocols to LEGALLY distribute their products

[Lord Paul]

The only good thing about this is most college students vote and I'll bet they remember the Governor and who ever supported this law when it comes time to vote !!

[aaronacj]

RIAA is still stuck in the mid 90's... why would i pay to download a song for the same price of a CD when i can get it for free easier. The price of downloading songs needs to drop to about $.20 a song... this will make people download more music, and at the same time people will step out of their "usual" music to check out other things.
These music companys really think they one day they will make the same money they use to per a song or CD... it's not going to happen, get over it.
Anyways you can legaly download music for much less from russian sites that are in english www.mymp3search.ru

[mectron]

Tennesse Gov. Phil Bredesen just prove to the world that he is just a pethetic sellout for one of the most dangerous criminal organisation in the world today: The RIAA. Gov. Phil Bredesen as lost all credibility and need to be romoved from office RIGHT NOW. He is unfit to assume any position beside trash collector.

How can a once great country such as the USA become so lawless to the point that know criminal organistion who commit crimes agains humanity on a daily basis (RIAA/MPAA) are allowed to operate?

Never ever buy any product spew out by a member of the RIAA/MPAA. by buying a DVD or music CD you are in fact commiting a crime. it is illegal in most part of the world to support organise crime.

[COKEDUDE]

I think this quite hilarious. The only thing this does is increase downloading of pirated crap. When people can't use torrents, they ask their computer geek buddies about different ways to download, and they tell their friends so it spreads even more.

[dantynan]

Greg:

Good story.

Our tax dollars are not only saving billionaire bankers from their own bad habits, they're also helping to bail out the recording industry. Does the RIAA really truly need our help? I don't think so.

More here: http://blogs.computerworld.com/riaa_tax

cheers,

dt

[rexifelis]

this "law" is being applied to public <b>as well as</b> private higher education institutions who, according to SENATE BILL NO. 3974 in the following part of the bill: "§ 49-7-1__.
(a) Each public and private institution of higher education in the state that has student residential computer networks shall:..."
i am certian that many smaller institutions have such a strained budget now, before this bill was passed, that they might have to consider taking their student networks offline rather face the costs of penalties.
--rex