U Wsf O'm Bofe tf Its Swell! ^ SUNDAY SEPTEMBIR 7th * 2-6 PM FIND TNI PERFECT STUDENT 0R6ANIZAT10N FOR YOU!! Questions? Call 845-1515, and ask for the ED of Marketing Mml/lfbrrrptioq? Visit http://mscopenhouse,tamu J edu 6B Wednesday, September 3, 2003 NT THE BAiTAl] Colleges enforce measures ^ to reduce illegal file-sharin By Alex Vegia THE ASSOCIATED PRESS * Use insect repellent containing DEET. * Limit exposed skin by wearing long pants and long-sleeve shirts. * Limit outdoor activity during dawn, dusk and early evening hours. * Drain and prevent standing water in outdoor containers and areas. Don't miss a game because of this tiny opponent! For more information visit Student Health Services on the web at: http://shs.tamu.edu Students arriving for fall class es at colleges across the country are facing new restrictions and stern warnings to discourage the swapping of pirated music and movies over high-speed campus Internet connections. Some schools are even using software to choke the amount of data that can flow in or out of a computer when students use Kazaa and other file-sharing programs. And in a new approach dis closed Tuesday, at least a dozen universities are exploring ways to offer students a fee-based music service whose fees could be bun dled with room and board costs. "We’re feeling a great deal of pressure as a result of what the entertainment industry is doing, and we’re stepping up a lot of activities to address it,” said Jim Davis, asso ciate vice chancellor for information technology at the University of California. Los Angeles. Last year, UCLA received dozens of notices every month from record companies and movie studios complaining about copyright violations. The Recording Industry Association of America regards file-sharing as theft. Last spring, the RIAA settled lawsuits against four college students who allegedly offered thousands of songs for download on their campus networks. The group is expected to file several hundred more copyright infringement lawsuits this month. Overall, RIAA President Cary Sherman said he is gratified by the attention copyright violations are getting on campuses. “There’s a world of differ ence this year than just a year ago in terms of the seriousness that universities are taking this issue,” he said in an interview. Sharing of mu cial issue for the claims the prat responsible for a in CD sales since The industry embrace for-pay ices, particular!; Apple iTunes users that requii tion fee. But Windows-based vast majority of users has not yei olu mo 1 uuw the There's (i world oj difference this year than just a year ago in terms of the serious ness that universities are taking this issue "When I first got here was no real warning students, said Errol Wi a junior at the Univ Southern California then, it seems like they’ nitely beefed up.” Wilson, who hasdr about 200 song5 warned him about his ing when he was a But he hasn’t received complaints since hec computer’s settings to ers trom uploading his hard drive. 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