Comments on: Politicos near vote on anti-P2P rules for universities

Massive higher education bill being debated Wednesday could force universities to agree to provide deterrents and "alternatives" to illegal downloads--or risk losing their financial aid.

[Pete Bardo]

The more things change...

Wow. I must be getting old. In the 60's and 70's, college administrations provided somewhat of a buffer zone between students and law enforcement.

Now the government wants to hole colleges responsible for (illegal) student activities. This is disturbing in a number of ways. Now whenever law enforcement agencies are unable to enforce ridiculous laws, they try to force private people and organizations to do their dirty work.

Reminds me of an old 'folk' song, The John Birch Society--"if your mommy is a commie, then you've got to turn her in."

[baconstang]

What is so "ridiculous"...

...about enforcing copyright laws that have been on the books 100
+ years?

[Renegade Knight]

Misguided Redundant Policy

It's the job of the University to be an Instituation of Higher Learning. They also have other important functions. Enforcing the law is for the police. Distractions from this core mission that can't even be deemed to be related are a waste of time and money for the university, for the congress, and for the taxpayer.

In the long run the more unfunded Federal Mandates that are piled on top of all the other Federal mandates will allow Universties to one day say "It now costs us more money to pay for Federal requirments to get Federal money than actual Federal money we recieve, so we are pulling the plug"

That also means that every new string makes Federal money less effective since more and more has to be diverted to string managment.

[Below Meigh]

And just who will enforce this?

Do you think the FBI will invest resources on "terrorizing" college students for the RIAA/MPAA extortionists?
Will local law enforcement be given jurisdiction over campus proctors?
Isn't it enough that tuition is still high at 80% of the schools that get help? Although most universities receive endowments/gifts in more amounts then what they receive from the fed.

Why is it that the government doesn't forsee its own coronary as it continues to load pork after pork for other interests, unrelated to the bettering of society? And continues to placate old business? (FCC in MaBell's pocket. 3 senators in RIAA/MPAA pocket...)