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Tennessee Governor Signs Campus Piracy Bill into Law

By soulxtc

Requires public and private colleges and universities to ensure that computers connected to their campus network are not being used for illegal file-sharing. RIAA Chairman & CEO Mitch Bainwol, along with several other members of the music community, recently celebrated Country Music Association Day in Nashville by participating in a ceremonial signing of college campus anti-piracy legislation by Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen. Senate Bill 3974 requires that Tennessee public and private colleges and universities exercise appropriate means to ensure that computers connected to their campus network are not being abused for the purpose of illegally downloading and distributing copyrighted material through P2P and file-sharing programs. They are required to implement technological support and develop and enforce a computer network usage policy to effectively limit the number illegal sharing copyrighted material.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on November 14, 2008 (boomark / email).