9/8/03: Recording Industry File Sharing Lawsuit Update from msn.com. Lawsuits proceed, but industry offering amnesty to some students- see full story.

AUGUST 2003: ITS DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT ABOUT FILE SHARING AND LEGAL ACTION AGAINST COLLEGE STUDENTS: READ THIS!!!!

Subject: Recording Industry Files Suit Against Individual Students

Please read this notice carefully. If you do any music (MP3), video, game software, or other copyrighted content downloading or sharing, you are advised to be aware of aggressive new actions being taken by the industries that own the copyrights and by the U.S. Justice Department.

If you need assistance in removing file sharing software from your computer, see the ITS web pages about Kazaa and other applications and arrange with a local computer store to remove all file sharing software. A list of local stores is available on the ITS web site. Student Computer Services (4224) cannot provide more than basic information- it can be a complex process to find and remove the software.SCS will not attempt to remove or uninstall any peer-to-peer file sharing application for you.

Do-it-yourselfers be advised: a simple uninstall of a file sharing application may not remove the server function. .

If you have any questions about state and federal copyright law, College policies and procedures, or any aspect of this notice, please send me email at rbphilli@colby.edu, call me at 3582, or stop by my office in Lovejoy 105.
- Ray Phillips, Director of Information Technology Services

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