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July 20, 2007, 11:39 AM ET
Kansas Gets Much Tougher on Illegal File Downloads
The University of Kansas is shifting from "three strikes and you're out" to "one strike and you're offline" for students accused of illegally downloading music and movie files.
This fall, students in university housing will lose Internet access if they receive one copyright violation notice from the Recording Industry Association of America and lose an appeal, according to local newspaper reports.
The university used to give students three chances before cutting off access. But the institution has been getting more complaints from the recording industry (345 notices in 2006, up from 141 in 2005), and so it has decided to get tougher. “From Day One, they’re going to get the warning, ‘Don’t do it,’ rather than waiting for that first or second strike,” a university spokesman said. --Josh Fischman
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