November 8, 2007 - 12:00am
By Suzy Gustafson
On Nov. 1, a short policy update landed in students’ e-mail inboxes, jointly signed by Director of Information Technology Policy Tracy Mitrano, Dean of Students Kent Hubbell ’67 and Judicial Administrator Mary Beth Grant, marking the latest piece in Cornell’s ongoing internet copyright infringement puzzle. In addition to reminding students (of what is becoming the commonly known) illegality of file share programs like Cornell’s intranet DC++, the e-mail alerted students to the increasingly aggressive prosecuting tactics of content owners like the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America.