The House of Representatives has passed the College Opportunity and Affordability Act, which could change some things for you young whippersnappers, but includes a provision to try and combat peer-to-peer file sharing.
The Act calls for colleges to provide a legal alternative to P2P, presumably in something like Napster or Rhapsody, and put a plan in place for network filtering.
In the true spirit of our government, the Act both makes having a filtering plan a requirement, but supposedly does nothing to punish schools that don't come up with one, though some critics believe they will lose funding.
Call your Senators and tell them that this isn't cool. If you're not sure how government works, go download season 1 of The West Wing. We won't tell anyone.
How do you feel about this? Do you go to college? Would you still go to college if you couldn't download music on that sweet, super-fast college connection?
ArsTechnica: Controversial college funding bill passed—P2P proviso intact
