November 19, 1999
How Forcefully Should Universities Enforce Copyright Law on Audio Files?
Carnegie Mellon's search for MP3's pleases recording industry, but irks some students
Seventy-one students at Carnegie Mellon University got a lesson in copyright and computer ethics last month, after the university discovered that they had been distributing illegally copied MP3 audio files on the campus network. For college and university administrators, however, the lessons are more complicated.
Among students, MP3's are one of the year's hottest
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