Warner Bros. recruiting students to spy on file sharers
Warner Bros. Entertainment UK are providing internships to students with a computer/IT related degree to be actively part in reducing piracy on the web. The internship at £17,500 (around $26,000) a year, will not only give these students an insider knowledge into corporations fighting copyrighted file sharing, but an opportunity to potentially spy on their fellow students.
The company, with many wide ranging subsidiary brands and companies, will give the “lucky” student tools, knowledge and training to search the Internet for links, posts, torrents and information which will assist efforts in bringing cease and desist notices, DMCA orders and other legal means to remove content. The intelligence acquired could also be used later in a court of law if sites do not comply.
