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College Allows File-Sharing for Students Who Ace Copyright Law Test

By soulxtc

Missouri University of Science and Technology, in Rolla, enables P2P access for 6 hours on a user?s on-campus registered PC if they get a perfect score on a copyright infringement quiz. Inside Higher Ed is reporting what has to be the most unconventional "carrot and stick" approach to illegal file-sharing on a college campus that I have ever heard of. Rather than ban the use of P2P and file-sharing programs outright and terminate the internet accounts of students who violate the policy, as is the standard for most colleges and universities around the country, the Missouri University of Science and Technology, in Rolla, instead actually enables P2P access for students who can ace an online quiz on copyright infringement. The way the system works is that if a student can get a perfect score on an online quiz on copyright infringement then P2P access will be enabled on their registered on-campus PC for 6 hours. It must be taken each time, for a maximum of 8 per month.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on May 19, 2008 (boomark / email).