Name: Anonymous 2009-03-19 4:12
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/18/1955224
A few months back, Warner Music Group started pitching universities on the idea of a new program where they would pay a chunk of money to an organization named Choruss to provide "covenants not to sue" those students for file sharing, leading many in the press to claim that the record labels are looking to license ISPs to let users file share. Even the EFF has called it a "promising new approach". However, the details are quite troubling and suggest that the plan is really a bait-and-switch idea.
A few months back, Warner Music Group started pitching universities on the idea of a new program where they would pay a chunk of money to an organization named Choruss to provide "covenants not to sue" those students for file sharing, leading many in the press to claim that the record labels are looking to license ISPs to let users file share. Even the EFF has called it a "promising new approach". However, the details are quite troubling and suggest that the plan is really a bait-and-switch idea.