Colleges must pay for media subscriptions

Democrats: Colleges must police copyright, or else | CNET News.com

New federal legislation says universities must agree to provide not just deterrents but also “alternatives” to peer-to-peer piracy, such as paying monthly subscription fees to the music industry for their students, on penalty of losing all financial aid for their students.

With colleges feeling the financial pinch, some so hard that they are unable to provide services like blogs and wikis that might have immediate instructional benefits, one wonders what will be sacrificed to pay for media subscriptions.