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Harvard, like many universities, has been under pressure from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to crack down on students who use their network connection to download music. Last April, then-Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 announced that the College would unplug the connection of any users caught sharing copyrighted songs...
Hardly. The file-sharing services didn't go away. They evolved, getting smarter and more decentralized and harder to shut down. Napster's network relied on a central server, an Achilles' heel that made it easier to unplug and shut down. But Kazaa, now the most popular file-sharing software, is built around a floating, distributed network of individual PCs that has no center. There's no single plug to pull. Kazaa has savvily chosen a decentralized business strategy too: it's a mirage of complicated partnerships with the official owner, Sharman Networks, tucked away on the South Pacific island...
...disturbed to read of the College’s concessions to pressure from the movie and music industries ( News, “Lewis Threatens To Unplug Illicit File Traders,” April 11 ). While the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is far from perfect, copyright law does not require the severe and potentially unwarranted penalties the University has announced...
TIME: You're not going to unplug the phone...