Campus crackdown.

• Author: Harmon, Amy
• Position: Circuits - United States Naval Academy seizes computers of students accused of pirating sound recordings online - Brief Article

Ever since the birth of Napster, music file sharing has been wildly popular--especially at universities. Student downloads are so prevalent that they're jamming the free, high-speed Internet connections that make them so easy. But such digital piracy is illegal in most cases, since the files are generally copyrighted. The music industry, which claims file sharing has hurt CD sales, asked schools to take action. In the toughest crackdown yet, the U.S. Naval Academy seized 100 computers from...