How nice to see during this current frenzy of copyright vigilantism.
Students Learning to Evade Moves to Protect Media Files
By Amy Harmon for the NY Times.
Nor does Cornell consider the trading of copyrighted music files to be among the more serious infractions. Students are typically required to perform a few hours of community service.
“It’s theft and you’re not supposed to steal, but this is different from someone engaging in credit card scams or breaking into a building to steal a computer,” Ms. Grant said. “We’re not in the business of trying to punish a student; we want them to learn from their mistake.”
Indeed, the push from copyright holders for universities to police their networks has raised questions in the academic world about how to instill students with a sense of morality