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RIAA to sue college students?

This seems to creep up in the news a few times a year. The RIAA publicly announces their intention to pursue illegal downloading cases focusing mainly on students on college campuses. What would you do if you got such a letter? Would you admit you've been downloading illegally and pay the fine or just ignore them? What do you think?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/02/28/music.college.reut/index.html

Posted by Daryl Bullis on March 2, 2007 10:49 AM |

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I'm sure it is a very tough question for a young person. As UNL instructors we all know how vague the idea of copyright and fair use may be in young minds. But having read recently a testimony of Sir Berners-Lee before the congress on the future of the Web which he did on March 1, 2007. http://dig.csail.mit.edu/2007/03/01-ushouse-future-of-the-web.html.
As he pointed out one of the main features of the Web was that it was free and accessible to anybody. We would never have the Web as we do now if it was a subject to fees. It makes me sad to see copyright logo even in church pamphlets. Luckily we still can listen to Bach and Handel without paying royalties to their heirs.

Posted by: Irina Holden | March 19, 2007 03:09 PM

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