"WASHINGTON--A U.S. House of Representatives committee plans to vote Wednesday afternoon on a Hollywood-backed higher education bill that would deprive colleges and universities of their financial aid funding if they don't agree to provide deterrents and "alternatives" to peer-to-peer piracy." Read more at CNet News Blog, or see the view the full text of the bill.

When did Colleges and Universities become responsible for the actions of students on the internet? More importantly why should they be? Individuals should be held responsible for their own actions, and this new legislation is vastly inappropriate. Institutions of higher education are not law enforcement entities, and should not be forced to police the actions of students who use their computer systems. To put this in 1980s perspective, this is analogous to holding public libraries responsible for people who commit plagiarism.