Legislating Napster

Here is a bill that I hope dies before becoming law. 

The U.S. House of Representatives bill (PDF), which was introduced late Friday by top Democratic politicians, could give the movie and music industries a new revenue stream by pressuring schools into signing up for monthly subscription services such as Ruckus and Napster. Ruckus is advertising-supported, and Napster charges a monthly fee per student.

If universities do not implement technologies that give students alternatives to illegal downloading, all federal financial aid for students (even students that don’t own computers) would be forfeited.

It seems to me that this legislation protects a business model instead of the rights of Americans.