tl20031124-000 "zt P.m. ore P.m. P.m. e r g a asket-actice day, I away that n was same that 4 last pmes vin 10 it will 't do corn-have a, the ,verall ly dif-r that year, t visi-ichael e the nores Cilk it the Are to old I ; that and veral ment ason, Hunt 1. back n he ailiar how oode that sea-they The add else will 4i ke )ked ;ers' sen-who ig a set not this rard all TOLUDP/ilighhil Baltimore's #1 College Paper - Published Twice-Weekly - www.thetowerlight.com Monday, 11/24/03 Circle K keeps up 30-year tradition 5 Teens connect to hi-tech prospects 5 Hit Vrinetown' absurd musical 12 Vothika' finds Berry behind bars 13 Departments Opinion 2 News 5 Nation 6 Campus briefs 9 Arts 12 Now Showing 13 He Says She Says 14 Sports 20 In this corner 20 Face-Off 18 Athlete of the Week 17 Classifieds 15 Students cited for file sharing University notified of copyright violations as illegal downloading continues on TU network Sarah Breitenbach The Towerlight As the recording industry puts its foot down on Internet file sharing, several Towson students have been asked to cease and desist their use of copyrighted materials. Two weeks ago, the University was notified that there were at least five dorm rooms on campus from which copyrighted files were being shared via peer to peer file sharing programs like Kazaa, explained Jerry Dieringer, assistant vice presi-dent and director for housing and residence life. Dieringer explained that in situa-tions like this, specific companies contact Towson's Internet provider, Comcast, of copyright violations. Comcast in turn notifies the University of the problem. ""We have a procedure that's in place that requires the University to notify the students of the report,"" Dieringer said. ""We tell them to remove it. If we get a second notice, they get cut off."" While the University already has ""responsible computing"" policies in place that include regulations about violating copyrights, Dieringer explained that Towson is taking steps to make students more aware of laws that govern copyright issues. In addition to postings in the Daily Digest e-mail, which goes to all students, faculty and staff, Dieringer said the department of housing and residence life hopes to have material to provide to resident students when they return to cam-pus for the Spring semester. ""I would be surprised to find that students didn't recognize that hold-ing onto copyrighted media that they didn't pay for is a problem,"" he said. ""From talking to students, most of them understand that it's illegal, but they can't understand what's the big deal about it."" As music companies continue to try to make file sharing more diffi-cult, students continue to download their favorite tunes. ""I really don't mind it. I like hav-ing it because it's a way to get free music,"" Adam Tott, a sophomore CIS major and Tower D resident said. ""You don't really have to pay, you're in college, you're kind of broke."" Sophomore athletic training major Dan Braut, however, said ille-gal sharing isn't fair to the music industry. ""It's not really fair to the people whose music it is,"" the West Hall resident said. ""I can understand ... because it's their money that you're in a sense cheating them out of."" David McDonald, special assis-tant for the Office of the Provost, suggested that students use sub-scription download services like iTunes that charge users to legally download music. A portion of the fees are returned to copyright own-ers. Both Tott and Braut said that although file sharing is becoming more difficult and songs down-loaded through Kazaa are often dis-torted, they continue to use the pro-gram. Tott said that if music companies have a problem with student file sharing they should contact stu- See POLICY, page 8 Survivors remember those lost to suicide SPEA SPEA OUT Rachel Smith/77w Towerlight Lisa Sallow shares her story with a group gathered in Cook Library on Saturday for ""Surviving after Suicide,"" a nationwide program sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Sallow's son Josh was the eighth teen to complete suicide in 11 months in Hanover, Pa., where Sallow now leads a support group for other suicide survivors. Above, a quilt displays patches commemorating those lost to suicide. See story on page 5. Today High 64 Low 33 Tuesday High 46 Low 29 Wednesday High 53 Low 39 Thursday High 56 Low 37 Friday High 56 Low 36 "
