Word: computerizing
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In an attempt to combat its reputation for inaccessibility, the Undergraduate Council has established a newsgroup on Harvard's computer network where students can make themselves heard--or rather seen.
In a case that some say could limit the freedom of electronic communication, an MIT student was indicted Thursday for fraud for allegedly giving computer users around the world illegal access to more than $1 million worth of copyrighted software.
LaMacchia's could be a test case that could help decide the debate between network users who want more publicly available software--including some who want it to be universally available--and computer companies trying to protect their products.
"The U.S. attorney and his staff are trying to brand a computer systems operator...as a criminal for what other people place on, and take off of, a computer system," Silverglate said in a statement.
"It's possible that Harvard students could openindividual accounts and find this happening tothem," said William J. Ouchark, acting director ofthe Harvard Arts and Sciences Computer Services.