WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 — Steve Morris, a 19-year-old American University sophomore and avowed music pirate, spent part of his summer teaching his grandmother how to use the popular file-sharing program Kazaa. He spent the other part as a freshman orientation leader, warning new students about the legal perils of online copyright violation.

IF THE recording industry catches you downloading music,” Morris said solemnly one recent morning to 50 incoming students, “you can be sued, and the university general counsel can’t really protect you. And that’ll cost you a lot of money. A lot lot lot of money.”
Morris, who boasts of having amassed a playlist of nearly 1,500 illegally downloaded songs, didn’t hear such warnings at his orientation a year ago. That was before the Recording Industry Association of America started slapping subpoenas on frequent file swappers. No one had to sit through mandatory programs about intellectual property law at American University, or at universities anywhere.
Any questions?
Well, just one, from a young man in the back row: “What would you suggest?”
“What would I suggest in terms of what?” Morris asks from the podium.
“In terms of a program to use to download music. What’s the best?”
Morris fumbles: “I’m sure lots of your friends will know ... It’s important to remember to make responsible decisions ... American University isn’t going to stop you, per se ... I don’t download music, of course. What do you want me to say?”

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