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October 18, 2004

Just Can't Get Enough

Posted by nerdling | October 18, 2004 01:05 PM

At least I never have to wonder about how to spend any extra disposable income—Bose takes those decisions right out of my hands.

In the ongoing saga of the file trading wars, UCLA has embarked on it's Quarantine project, a system which automatically notifies file sharers when they have violated copyright law.

"When a person is flagged for a copyright infringement violation by a copyright holder, like a music label or movie studio, their IP address is automatically cut off from all network access except university resources, ending the student's ability to swap files.

Students are able to get themselves out of quarantine quickly by visiting a web page, agreeing to the school's acceptable-use policy and removing the copyright material. After a student takes these steps, their computer is automatically taken out of quarantine, and full network services are restored within a day. The school stores data about the students, who are identified by IP address, in case of a future offense."

Legendary indie outfit Slint are reforming to play their first show in 13 years at All Tomorrow's Parties UK 2005.