A Copyfighter’s Musings

Professor Felten points to Declan’s article regarding the House’s hearing on universities and P2P piracy.  This part caught my eye:

“Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., the senior Democrat on the full Judiciary Committee, warned that universities should take aggressive measures to police their own networks lest Congress do it for them in a much more invasive way. ‘There are people (on this committee) willing to take action, and it’ll probably go over the line in terms of privacy concerns,’ he said.”

I suppose that I’d rather have this university rather than the government do the monitoring.  Then again, it all depends on what sort of oversight would be available.  What exactly would the university get to log?  How would they watch?   

And, more broadly: I wonder what “action” committee members are willing to take.

Filed by Derek Slater at 7:11 pm under General news
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