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FBI enforcing copyright?
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- From: "Hamaker, Chuck" <cahamake@email.uncc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 08:07:56 EDT
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Is this a new development? Chuck FBI arrests UNCC student for file sharing <http://www.nineronline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/04/28/408ecabb37098> File sharing fight varies at different universities, official policies in place by Elizabeth Thomas Daily Pennsylvanian April 28, 2004 The FBI was on UNC Charlotte's campus last week, and the agency wasn't giving presentations to criminal justice classes. According to police records, UNCC police officers assisted the federal agency with the service of a search warrant last Monday for stealing intellectual property. Major William Harper, interim director for University Police, could not comment on details regarding the incident, citing his agency was merely assisting the FBI in their investigation. "They just recently put together a task force dealing with copyright infringment," said Harper. He did say the FBI confiscated the student's computer from one of the campus dorms. "We do not actively investigate copyright infringement on the campus network unless we are notified by the Motion Picture Association of America and various other agencies on alleged music, video or software policy copyright violations," said Carter Heath, security administrator for UNCC's Information and Technology Services. Carter said the University's dealings with the FBI on copyright infringement are a rarity. "The only time we're contacted by them is within the constraints of a criminal investigation," said Heath. Chief Information Officer Karin Steinbrenner, in an interview with NinerOnline.com last year, said she would receive two or three messages a week from the recording or video industries regarding illegal activity of UNCC students. UNCC's Information and Technology Services determines the IP address of such students and turns them over to the Student Affairs office. Discipline can range from the limiting of one's computer privileges to expulsion. Chuck Hamaker Associate University Librarian Collections and Technical Services Atkins Library University of North Carolina Charlotte Charlotte, NC 28223 phone 704 687-2825
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