May 7, 2004
UCLA Uses New Software to Block Online Piracy
In a hard-nosed approach to online piracy, the University of California at Los Angeles has begun using new software that disconnects from the campus network students accused of trading copyrighted songs or movies -- and reinstates the users only after they delete the offending files.
The software, designed by computer scientists at UCLA, made its debut on the campus last month, one week after administrators announced they would adopt new measures to comply with file-sharing and
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