[Nightfly]

Quote:
News.com reports that a new bill in the House, inserted into a huge spending bill for higher education, would not only require universities to install anti-piracy deterrent technology but also require them to pay for monthly subscription fees to Ruckus and Napster.

See how Washington wants to take away students rights
to choose their own music provider:

» House measure would force schools to become Napster customers | ZDNet Government | ZDNet.com

[solaris]

Originally Posted by Nightfly

Quote:
News.com reports that a new bill in the House, inserted into a huge spending bill for higher education, would not only require universities to install anti-piracy deterrent technology but also require them to pay for monthly subscription fees to Ruckus and Napster.

See how Washington wants to take away students rights
to choose their own music provider:

» House measure would force schools to become Napster customers | ZDNet Government | ZDNet.com

Only in America

[vikulenka]

Originally Posted by solaris

Only in America

Absolutely insane. So glad I attended university at the height of the college network music sharing times and Napster (the first incarnation!) boom.

[Nightfly]

Originally Posted by solaris

Only in America

Sadly it's true..we seem to be going backwards instead
of forward.And this Bill is from our more "liberal" Demorcrats
that we recently voted in to make some changes.

Pete Townshend from The Who said it best almost 40 years ago:

Meet the new boss,same as the old boss.
Let's make sures We don't get fooled again!

[etherbunny]

Our country would be better served if our politicians spent more time concerning themselves with things such as education in our schools and less time with the interests of the music lobby. The major labels have created this bed and now must lie in it (preferably without the bailout of our government.)

[Nightfly]

Originally Posted by etherbunny

Our country would be better served if our politicians spent more time concerning themselves with things such as education in our schools and less time with the interests of the music lobby. The major labels have created this bed and now must lie in it (preferably without the bailout of our government.)

Hello etherbunny,

Good to see you back on the forum!

And I couldn't agree more.

Take care,

[scotso]

Originally Posted by Nightfly

Quote:
News.com reports that a new bill in the House, inserted into a huge spending bill for higher education, would not only require universities to install anti-piracy deterrent technology but also require them to pay for monthly subscription fees to Ruckus and Napster.

See how Washington wants to take away students rights
to choose their own music provider:

» House measure would force schools to become Napster customers | ZDNet Government | ZDNet.com

Okay, so who in the HOuse, do you think owns stock in Ruckus (never heard of it ) and Napster. This is really odd. Ya gotta wonder what SJ of Apple thinks???