This is bad news for our schools. :(

See the discussion on Slashdot: (link...)

Here's a quote: "Last week, the RIAA celebrated the signing of a ridiculous new law in Tennessee that says:
'Each public and private institution of higher education in the state that has student residential computer networks shall: ... [R]easonably
attempt to prevent the infringement of copyrighted works over the institution's computer and network resources, if such institution receives fifty (50) or more legally valid notices of infringement as prescribed by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 within the preceding year.' ... [T]he RIAA succeeded in Tennessee (and is pushing in other states) with this provision that gives Big Content the ability to hold universities hostage through the use of infringement notices. Moreover, the new rules will cost Tennessee a pretty penny in the cost review attached to the Tennessee bill, the state's Fiscal Review Committee estimates that the new obligations will initially cost the state a whopping $9.5 million for software, hardware, and personnel, with recurring annual costs of more than $1.5 million for personnel and maintenance."

Or read about it at the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
(link...)