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Vol. XLVII, Issue 5
RIAA targets downloaders ITR plans to monitor all downloads ROSIE GoNZALEZ
Monkeys and music at involvement fair page 3
NEWS EDITOR GONZALEZROS@CABRJNI.EDU
A&E Mother/daughter Exhibit comes alive on campus page 6
HEATHERDU.U.A/PHOTO EDITOR
Leigh Bowes downloads music on her computer in Woodcrest.
Lawsuits target 'egregious' down loaders KELLY FINLAN NEWS EDITOR KAF722@CABRIN1, EDU
Junior Mike Asman, a biology/premed major, sits at his computer in his dorm room, listening to his extensive collection of music on his computer, a_col-
Features First impressions are always most important page 8 & 9
lection that over the years has grown to more than 1,000 songs. Asman is just one of more than 37 million people sharing and downloading music in the United States. "I don't think that it's fair what they are trying to do with
RIAA,page 5
Local band disagrees with anti-downloading lawsuit STARR MCGUIN~ STAFF WRJTER SM725@CABRJNI.EDU
Cassettes are not obsolete page 10
these lawsuits most people just want one song from an album, not the whole thing," Asman said. "Why weren't they complaining when we taped songs off the radio?"
Local rock band, LOVEBOMB, supports the fact that people can download music online unlike mainstream artists like Eminem and Dr. Dre. "I don't have a problem with people downloading our music," Matt Robinson, lead singer of LOVEBOMB, said. Most people download music to burn their personal copy of the CD, and that is why mainstream artist along with big time labels
Downloading music has become an essential part of a student's life on campus. Since one is mostly connected through a dial-up modem, at home, a 24 '7 connection in a dorm room is like being in heaven. "Being that I only have a dial-up here at home l would say that I'm at a disadvantage. Songs take me 10 to 20 minutes to download, depending on how long they are," Annette Musloski, junior, graphic design major and commuter, said. The information and technology resources department at Cabrini is currently running tests to implement package shaping - technology used to monitor all applications running across the network. The plan is to provide full protection from any outside sources, and even, from having any peer to peer programs run. ITR, page 4
are complaining about losing money on record sales. However, for upcoming bands For more about the like LOVEBOMB having their music on-line recording industry's aotidownloaing suits see: is a promotion technique. -Studentson campusmay "We pay MP3.com a yearly subscription to be tarets for RIAA lawsuits, allow people to download our music. For us, page2 it is definitely a positive having people -Band benefits from download our music," Robinson said," Internet downloading, page 4 Hopefully, they will hear our music on-line -ITR to implement softand want to find out more about LOVEware to monitor campus netBOMB and come to our shows." work, page4 -RIAA cracks down on illegal sharing, page 5 BAND,page4
Software limits students' printing RICH MAGDA STAFF WRJTER
Sports Coach "loves" tennis page 15
Print limit monitoring software installed to public computers on campus will limit printing per student to minimize excessive use of paper and ink. The new software, Print Manager Plus, allows each student an arbitrary quota of 500 printed pages per semester. A warning message will appear at 350 pages printed to alert students. HEATHERDI.ALI.A/PHOTOEotTOR
PRINT, page 5 Hundreds of pieces of paper sit, unclaimed, in the newtork printer in the library.
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