Universities to Enforce Copyright Protection or Else:

The US House of Representatives has gone a step further in helping the helpless RIAA and MPAA in defending themselves from the monstrous and looming threat of college students with P2P clients. For a while there, I was worried that mom and pop entertainment companies would no longer be able to afford the salaries of those that produce the entertainment for us consumers, but lucky for us Congress is on the job.

In the House Education and Labor Committee’s comprehensive College Opportunity and Affordability Act, there is a small section dictating that any university in receipt of federal funding shall act as an enforcement agents for the stoppage of unlawful downloading. The committee unanimously approved the bill today.

This comes hot on the heels of Warner head’s apology for going to war with its customers, but perhaps he forgot to remind his lobbyists that his customers include kids in college. No matter, though; defunding American higher education is a small price to pay to ensure we remain entertained.

[via ZDnet — courtesy of Mashable]