Recording Industry Gets Eviler, Wants To Deny Low Income Kids Education
November 12th, 2007 : Nicholas LongtinI won’t argue that it’s OK to break the law. But I would also say it’s not OK to break the law in order to catch people breaking the law. The RIAA, everyone’s favorite association (racketeering group), has gone to great lengths in the past to prosecute copyright violators.
Lately, however, they are stooping to unheard of depths, even pushing legislation that would pull funding from colleges who don’t comply with their strong arm tactics. This would mean schools that decide not to get in bed with the RIAA would lose federal funding, and important grants that often help pay for low income kids to attend higher education.
If this legislation becomes law, and rampant copyright violations continue, what will RIAA do then? Maybe build some sort of P2P downloader-zapping death star.
Tags:ethics government Music
November 13th, 2007 at 11:28 am
It isn’t just Pell grants - it’d include all federal funding, including loans. I’d venture to say that this would affect most students, which makes it even more difficult to get around.