File-Sharing Continues On Campus Despite Legal Music Services - 08/20/05

File-Sharing Continues On Campus Despite Legal Music Services - 08/20/05

Haraz N. Ghanbari / Associated Press

American University Residence Hall Association President Will Mount said he and his student government colleagues ultimately voted to switch to Napster from Ruckus.

By Alex Veiga | AP Business Writer

LOS ANGELES — As a college freshman, Will Mount feasted on the free but mostly illegal music available through online file-sharing software such as Kazaa.

Now a senior, Mount has seen his free music fix become legal, thanks to an initiative by American University in Washington, D.C., to dissuade students from using its computer network to illegally swap music online.

“If you want to get the music in your iPod, you have to go to other places to buy it,” said Mount, 21, an Ohio native. “Or you are going to have to do something illegal to get it.”

20 August, 2005 |

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