Re: [Fwd: [ISN] Academy seizes computers from nearly 1 00 mids]

["St. Laurent, Tim" <tstlaure () RICHMOND EDU>]

I'm just curious if the RIAA foot the bill for all the time and effort that
went into the raid?



-----Original Message-----
From: Bruhn, Mark S. [mailto:mbruhn () INDIANA EDU]
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 9:15 AM
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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] [Fwd: [ISN] Academy seizes computers from nearly 100
mids]


I certainly would think the Naval Academy, and other military academies,
would have greater ability to do this.  I mean, they still do individual
locker inspections, don't they?

But, one wonders how they decided to take these specific 100 computers. Did
they collect those from indiviudual reports from external orgs like the
RIAA?  Or did they get a list from one of those orgs?  Or did they have
someone monitoring their subnets themselves? M.

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-----Original Message-----
From: H. Morrow Long [mailto:morrow.long () YALE EDU]
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 7:47 AM
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Subject: [SECURITY] [Fwd: [ISN] Academy seizes computers from nearly 100
mids]


US Naval Academy seizes 100 midshipmen's computers,
apparently for containing material violating copyright.

- H. Morrow Long

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [ISN] Academy seizes computers from nearly 100 mids
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 02:02:23 -0600 (CST)
From: InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>
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http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/live/11_23-19/NAV

By JESSICA R. TOWHEY
Staff Writer
November 23, 2002

Officials at the Naval Academy have seized nearly 100 midshipmen's computers
that allegedly contained illegally downloaded music and movies, sources
said.

The raid occurred Thursday while students were in class, and a source
familiar with the investigation said the computers were being held by the
administration.

Cmdr. Bill Spann, academy spokesman, confirmed that an investigation into
what material is on the computers is under way, but declined further
comment.

He did say punishment for illegally possessing copyrighted material ranges
from a court-martial to loss of leave and other restrictions.

Computers are given to each midshipman upon entering the academy. During
their four years at the school, mids pay back the value of the computers
through deductions from their monthly paychecks.

Amanda Collins, a spokesman for the Recording Industry Association of
America, said yesterday that the Naval Academy was among the colleges and
universities around the country that were sent two letters from
entertainment industry and educational associations asking them to address
Internet piracy and establish policies against it.

An Oct. 3 letter signed by four entertainment-based lobbying associations
spelled out that Internet copyright infringement violates federal copyright
laws.

"`Theft' is a harsh word, but that it is, pure and simple," the letter
stated. "... It is no different from walking into the campus bookstore and
in a clandestine manner walking out with a textbook without paying for it."

The recording industry estimates that more than 2.6 billion music files are
downloaded illegally each month, usually through unlicensed services.

CD sales fell more than 5 percent in 2001 and dipped another 1 percent in
the first half of this year, according to the RIAA.

Some of the recording industry's biggest stars, such as Madonna, Mick Jagger
and Eminem, have joined coalitions to combat the wholesale theft of music.
The industry claims this threatens the livelihood of everyone from artists,
songwriters and manufacturers to sound engineers and record-store owners and
clerks.



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