Text messaging while driving may soon be illegal in New Hampshire, according to the Valley News. Most state legislatures support the proposed bill because of the danger of driving with one or no hands on the steering wheel. Stuart Trachy, a lobbyist for AT&T, said his company approved of the bill because it supports safe usage of their phones. Exemptions to the law include, but are not limited to, those driving emergency vehicles, calls for medical help, reports of property damage and the receipt of directions from a global positioning system. Talking on the phone will driving will remain legal.
Contrary to previous assumptions, college students are not primarily responsible for illegal downloading and peer-to-peer file sharing, recent studies have found, according to Inside Higher Ed. Recent studies revealed that college students are responsible for 15 percent of revenue lost through illegal file sharing, compared to 44 percent reported by the Movie Picture Association of America in 2005. Despite the recent findings, the Recording Industry Association of America claims college students make up a disproportionately large percentage of offenders because they constitute only three percent of the population. There are several ongoing conflicts between colleges and organizations such as the RIAA, which requires schools to issue letters of warning to students who download illegally.
