I suggest that we milk this for all it's worth. Someone should get in contact with the Daily Universe editors about this. They may just run a story about copyright infringement/piracy, and it would be shame if the Free Software community were not at all represented.
Mike P.S. - Has my editorial run yet? They haven't updated their Opinions section on the newsnet site for over two weeks... On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 08:14:55AM -0600, Evan McNabb wrote: > I'm sure lots of you got this already, but I had a good laugh when I saw > it. Isn't it somewhat ironic that we get this the day we start > promoting Free / Open Source software? :-) > > -Evan > > ----- Forwarded message from University Communications <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > > Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 05:30:05 -0600 > From: University Communications <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [*] Watch out for copyright violations! > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.3 required=5.0 tests=BIZ_TLD,HTML_MESSAGE,HTML_TITLE_EMPTY > autolearn=no version=2.60-rc1 > > With the recent reports of legal action against college students > involving acts of copyright infringement by use of file sharing or > other peer-to-peer technologies, please remember that duplication, > distribution, performance (playing), adaptation or display of > another's copyrighted work without permission is illegal. > Such activities as uploading or downloading illegal copies of text, > movies, games, computer software, and music (or any other material > protected by copyright) may incur legal consequences for both the > individuals involved and the university. > The Copyright Licensing Office is here to help you avoid the serious > consequences of copyright violations, which can include affecting your > status at the university or, if a repeat offender, having your > university computer privileges terminated. > The Copyright Licensing Office can furnish university policies and > information resources to assist you in answering copyright questions. > As you consider using the copyrighted works of others, you are > encouraged to consult with the BYU Copyright Licensing Office staff at > 3830 HBLL; by phone at (801) 422-9339; or by E-mail at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Office of General Counsel may also be contacted > at B-350 ASB or by calling (801) 422-6727. Additional copyright > information is found at: > http://www.lib.byu.edu/hbll/copydept.html > Thank you for your cooperation. > Copyright Licensing Office > General Counsel > ____________________________________________________________ > This message was sent to multiple recipients from University > Communications by Brent Harker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), who has > authorized this message. No patron will send bulk, unsolicited > electronic messages unless expressly authorized. > > __________________________________________________________________ > > This message has been sent at the time scheduled with SendLater > software from 4Team ([1]http://sendlater.4team.biz) > > References > > 1. http://sendlater.4team.biz/ > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > /********************************************************************\ > Evan McNabb: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://evan.mcnabbs.org > System Administrator, CS Department, BYU > GnuPG Fingerprint: 53B5 EDCA 5543 A27A E0E1 2B2F 6776 8F9C 6A35 6EA5 > \********************************************************************/ > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -- ------------------------------------------- | --------------------- Michael Halcrow | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Developer, IBM Linux Technology Center | | What's another word for synonym? | ------------------------------------------- | --------------------- GnuPG Keyprint: 05B5 08A8 713A 64C1 D35D 2371 2D3C FDDA 3EB6 601D
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