University Networks Block Student Project 167
An anonymous reader writes "A computer science student at University College London put together FitFinder as a bit of a joke — it's been described as a cross between Twitter and personal ads, and it rapidly became very popular. The university took exception to this and started by blocking the site from being accessed on campus. Not content with this, a few weeks later it fined the student £300 and had him take the site down completely. Currently, the site is still offline, although there is a petition with several thousand signatures requesting its return. In the meantime, a site called PhitFinder has appeared, claiming to have no link to the original."
They're holding his degree ransom (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:what has the university to do with it? (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:He should probably wander down to the law facul (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:what has the university to do with it? (Score:2, Interesting)
There is a University College that is part of Rutgers University. "University" and "College" are both words. They have meaning.
Re:Stop having control (Score:3, Interesting)
They don't have the ability to jail you, but they can certainly sue for breach of contract. If you want to stay a student there, then they naturally have more authority over you and can put all sorts of extra terms on. I don't know if he would be liable for the fine if he decided to walk away from the school and abandon whatever he already paid in tuition.