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April 29, 2005
Surprise! Students Disagree with Gonzales on File-sharing
Posted by Jason Schultz
From the LA Times:
In his first trip to California as the nation's attorney general, Alberto R. Gonzales told a group of high school students to just say no to online piracy.
But, for many of the students, the response was to just say "why not?"
During a daylong UCLA seminar featuring Gonzales, students peppered speakers with tough questions about the real effect of piracy. Some even suggested that government should focus more on tackling poverty and improving education than on jailing kids who download movies, music and software.
And the kicker:
Unfazed by the students' skepticism, Gonzales said this was only the beginning of an intensive educational outreach effort. He wanted to let the students know that intellectual property theft was illegal, carried consequences and could permanently stain their records.
"Sitting through a one-hour, two-hour session may not be enough
. It takes awhile to educate people," he told reporters later.
Yes, I'm sure a few weeks of "reorientation" in GTMO will do the trick quite nicely...
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1. catflap on April 29, 2005 8:45 PM writes...
FYI - an article i wrote, if you're interested. please come by. :)
http://p2pnet.net/story/4693
Permalink to Comment2. Neo on April 29, 2005 10:00 PM writes...
What's next -- infringers incarcerated in Stalinist reeducation camps?
Permalink to Comment3. Alexander Wehr on April 30, 2005 5:15 PM writes...
"What's next -- infringers incarcerated in Stalinist reeducation camps?"
actually, that's what theyre turning many major universities into.
emory applies PRC style filtering to shut out all p2p (legitimate or otherwise), distributes huge propaganda pamphlets, is planning to bundle a requirement to give kickbacks to the entertainment industry with student fees, and refuses to take feedback from an outraged student body.
When you combine that with a requirement (when i last checked) to spend at least 1 if not 2 years in on-campus housing it is a "re-education camp"
Permalink to Comment4. Scote on May 1, 2005 4:32 PM writes...
Hmm...looks like they haven't gotten rid of the Copyright Weasel mascot after.
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