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Educational committee sues four college students at three universities for hosting file-sharing programs
By PAUL NABTSOCM
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Tiir Joint I'oinmitter uf thr Hlgliei Mutatum and Entertainment Communities (tied lawsuit* Ust week agMinst four student* at tiitee uni vet mt in who allegedly boated computer file-abating network* from their uni veralty computer network*
The suit* allege that itudenta from Princeton Univeraity. Michigan Technological Univeraity and Keniaelaei Polytechnic Institute eadi violated copyright lawn thouaands of tlmaa fty running Napster-like file Polytechnic aharing ayatem* on (halt a.liools Ifntlfftly tfj computer networks that allowed l)e)l)g SlJ(td ,n uaers to share and download muaic the Joint ftles for free.	Committee of
“(One point to filing theae law	Higher
autts) is to communicate a message of tduoation and deterrence to othera who may already Entertainment lie o|>eraling one of these networks or considering operating one of these	. .
network*.' committee representative Unlvofaltlea ^ jonathan lamy aaid.	ara not named
Through the lawsuits, the com- defendant* In mittee seek* both the shutting down of tlie file sluu ing networks in ques Uon and monetary damage* from the defendant*. Umy said.
“Federal copyright law allows anywhere from $750 to $150,000 per song," Lamy said. “We are open to set tJement discussions and have invited, tlirougli a letter, each of the four individual* lo come talk to us and hopefully we can work this out’
The Joint Committee of the Higher Education and Entertainment Communities includes representatives from the Recording Industry Association of America, the Motion Picturg Association of America and higher education groups auch as thr American Council of Education.
Suing
Students
Four atudenta at Prlnoeton Univeraity. Michigan Technological Univeraity and
•peaking up. AieMnder Nakatam talka about rataing hia throe boy*, all wtio cfced et on early «ge» The event was aponaored toy the
Aaian PaoNIe American atudant AaaemMy.	'
closely. They seemed particularly concerned with what they could do to spread a message of tolerance,* not only to their peers, but to their parent* and grandparents.
The Nakatanis are Japanese Americans who raised their sons according to the values instilled in them by their parents. Jane Nakatani said. In her family, children were seed and not heard. Physical affection waa kept to an absolute minimum.
A stern father, Alexander Naka&ni taught hie boys to substitute hard work and perseverance for emotion and sensitivity, he said.
But their major flaw as parents was ignorance about their aons‘ profound feelings of otherness, the couple said.
Both Glen and Guy were gay. and all three sons felt uncomfortable being Japanese. The Nakatanis
lived in a primarily white community and theboys had very few Aaian friends.
“A* long as they were bringing in good grades and patting up a brave front that they were feeling good about themselves, then I thought everything was hunky-dory," Jane Nakatani aaid. “They never toM us about being gay because somewhere alone the line, they felt ashamed and had no sense of safety. It was the aame thing with their radal experience. We never knew they had such an iaaue with being Japanese — we didn't have that issue.*
Alexander is a clinical social worker, and his sons' deaths forced him to direct his professional eye on his own life.
"What I concluded was thal even though ours was a family of five, there was really a sixth mem-
StuderHa may have to pay anywhere from
$150,000 per aorgthey downloaded Illegally, if found guilty.
JANE
NAKATANI
apeaker
Republicans and a freshmin major-	"Supporting the troops is simply
ing in political science. “All (the rib-	hoping .that they do well and that
bon) says is that we support the sol-	they come back OK.* diera and wish them the best of luck Chadwick also said it is impor-
and gadspeed."	tant to show people that among all
Some students, agreed that the	the arithnrar protests at USC and
troops need support	other universities, there are people
“Troop* are people like us. They	who support the troops, regardless of
have families; said Faisal Saleem, a	their individual stances on the wac graduate student in computer sci- Yellow ribbons also lined tree
ence. “We want them to come back	trunks and hung from front doors in
as soon as possible because that	support of U.S. forces during the
would mean the end of the wat*	1991 Gulf Wac The tradition dates
But Chadwick said there should	back about 20 years when Americans
be a clear distinction between sup-	wore ribbons to welcome American
port for the war and for U.S. troops in	hostages released from Iran.
1	raq.	Students at some universities are
“Supporting the war is feeling	wearing yellow ribbons in support of
that we should be (in Iraq) and are	the troops and black ribbons to right in being there,* Chadwick said. | see Mtfeea, page IS I
Students have mixed feelings about USC College Republican campaign
By PBATUL THAKER
Contributing WnUi
Hundreds of USC students are donning yellow ribbons in support of the U.S. troops fighting in Iraq.
The campaign to wear yellow ribbons at USC, begun by the College Republicans two weeks ago, has received support and criticism.
The yellow-ribbon campaign has become nationwide.
“We’re not trying to politicize supporting the troops,* said Teddy Chadwick, member of the College