id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crln-7958 Bridges, Andy Washington Hotline 2008-03-01 1 .pdf application/pdf 579 27 45 Section 488 of the bill would now require colleges and universities to submit: 1) an annual disclosure that explicitly informs students that unauthorized distri­ bution of copyrighted material, including unauthorized peer­to­peer fi le sharing, may subject the students to civil and criminal liabilities; 2) a summary of the penalties for viola­ tion of federal copyright laws; 3) a description of the institution’s poli­ cies with respect to unauthorized peer­to­ peer file sharing, including disciplinary actions that are taken against students who engage in unauthorized distribution of copyrighted materials using the institution’s information technology system; and 4) a description of actions that the institu­ tion takes to prevent and detect unauthor­ ized distribution of copyrighted material on the institution’s information technology system. Earlier in the year, the Motion Picture As­ sociation of America (MPAA) stated that the piracy of college students accounted for as much as 44 percent of the movie industry’s annual losses. cache/crln-7958.pdf txt/crln-7958.txt