Colleges Could Face Lawsuits Over Software Piracy

By KATHERINE S. MANGAN

Austin, Tex.

Colleges that fail to crack down on student software pirates face a growing threat of lawsuits or new regulations, industry and government representatives warned at a discussion held this month at the University of Texas at Austin.

"The same universities that lure students to their campuses with promises of increasing bandwidth...

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