Students may have a lot to lose if they download and upload their music and movies illegally if a new proposed federal law is implemented. The Chicago Sun Times reported this weekend that the House Education and Labor Committee approved a proposed law that will result in students losing federal college funding as a result of music and movie copyright infringement.

H.R. 4137, the College Opportunity and Affordability Act, is a 747-page bill that contains a section on Campus-Based Digital Theft Prevention. Section 494A, if implemented, will require colleges to offer students legal alternatives to illegal downloads and peer-to–peer distribution.

Under the bill, noncompliant schools could stand to lose all student federal funding. Schools will be forced to use alternative, for-profit companies for obtaining music and movies online. However, who will pay for the subscriptions to these downloading services? In addition, some college may have to resort to using filtering software, which can compromise student privacy rights.

So why are colleges the target of the music and movie industry? According to the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America, colleges are a major source of copyright infringement and students are the most common offenders.

Is this the best way to tackle illegal downloads?

–Sara Elizabeth

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