College Net. Filtering Bill Clears House, Freep Coverage
Little bit of Free Culture coverage in the Daily Free Press again!
Other students are more concerned about the violation of privacy that might occur with network monitoring.
“This would be a violation of privacy and a waste of funds that could be used for education,” said Rich Jones, founder of BU’s Free Culture Club and a College of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “[The entertainment lobby] is diverting funds from education to defend their broken business model.”
Justin Kaufman, a member of the Student Union technology committee, said he thinks that such monitoring could engender negative feelings among campus network users.
“It changes . . . mentality when you’re being watched actively and monitored,” Kaufman, a CAS junior, said.
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I don’t know what the Student Union technology committee does but I think we should be talking to them about issues. I had classes with Justin and he’s a friendly guy so maybe we will have some more allies at the school!
We may be having a speaker at the end of the month, so keep your eyes posted for that!
Rich
