Ok, so August is upon us, and summer shall be saying her sweet farewells in another month or so. While the month of August typically serves as a signal that summer will soon be over, it also serves as a beacon for another rite of passage: the return to campus by hundreds of thousands of students around the country, and globe. In light of the fact, that multitudes of college coeds will be making the trip North, South, East and West in the coming week(s), I have decided to write a series of articles entitled: 10 Things Not To Do While On Campus, and my very first admonishment or piece of advice to first-year college students across the American and global hinterlands is to avoid downloading pirated or contraband music. If you are confused about why this is my first piece of advice to you, please read the following article.
Just in case you are too busy packing and making preparations to begin your long-awaited college career, to read this article I will give you the short version: this morning I read a news report in USA Today about Joel Tenenbaum, a Boston University student, who illegally downloaded music that he shared with his friends. Sounds fun? What? You do it all the time? Well, I am sure that Joel isn't laughing anymore after he was slapped with the federal court's order to pay $675,000 to four record labels for illegally downloading, and sharing music; Tenenbaum admitted downloading and distributing 30 songs. Pardon my arithmetic, but those downloads that Joel thought were free ended up costing more than $20,000 a pop.
Pardon the cliche my friends, but Just Say No to unauthorized music downloads and file-sharing! What does unauthorized mean here? Very succinctly, it usually means that downloading digital information or music without paying for it is illegal, and trouble. So, one thing not to do when you get to campus: no illegal music downloads or file sharing--your parents will thank you.
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