More news from the front lines of the War on Technology.

] Recording companies have asked the Federal Court to allow
] their computer experts to scan all computers at the
] University of Melbourne for sound files and email
] accounts, so they can gather evidence of claimed
] widespread breaches of copyright.

Continuing their attacks on the schools...

] The University of Melbourne, which is opposing the
] recording companies' application for preservation and
] access, said it had cautioned two students about
] inappropriate material the MP3 sound files and had
] disabled the links to record from their personal web
] pages. It said there was no indication that any copying
] has been undertaken.

And the schools are fighting..

] One of the student's web pages had a list of his top
] 15 songs, with the following invitation: "These are
] my favourites and here are the links to my MP3 file."

Great.. Not much reading between the lines you have to do here to see why I'm so worried about this stuff..

] Justice Brian Tamberlin asked: "Where did he get them from?"
] Mr Bannon: "I don't know."
] "Where are they stored?" asked the judge.
] "That's another thing we don't know," was the reply.

Someday, I can picture myself having a similar dialog.

] Mr Bannon argued the companies should have access to
] email accounts, as evidence of an email with an MP3
] attachment would prove that copying and transmission
] had occurred. He said one of the students had 500 MP3
] files.

Great.. They will want to see our email. Love that. One more reason I'm glad I'm always pressing folks to use PGP.

Recording firms ask to scan university computers - smh.com.au