College Funding Bill Passes House, P2P Provision Intact 222
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Ars Technica is reporting that the College Opportunity and Affordability Act passed through the House today with a vote of 354-58 and the anti-P2P provision is intact. That provision would require universities to filter P2P and to offer legal alternatives. They are claiming now, though, that universities would not lose federal funding if they fail to do this. Of course, an amendment that would have clarified that was withdrawn immediately after it was offered."
Sigh... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Here is some Clarification (Score:5, Funny)
"Your alternative to illegal downloading is a ham sandwich. The plan is to have ham sandwiches be a mandatory part of the meal plan. "
and it would follow the letter of the law, if not the spirit.
There you go, every campus in the US. Where's my grant?
Get Off My Lawn! (Score:4, Funny)
Back in my day, we walked bare-pegged, uphill both ways, in shattered-glass covered knee deep snow in the desert, to trade 300 lb. boxes of punchcards!
Re:GOOD (Score:4, Funny)
Regretably, some students treat it like a large lavatory, especially after the beer part is factored in.
Re:*sigh* (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Here is some Clarification (Score:3, Funny)
I'd love to see them try that. There'd be lawsuits from every, single observant Jew and Moslem student on First Amendment grounds, and the school would lose them all. ROTFLMAO!
Re:Here is some Clarification (Score:2, Funny)