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RIAA Targets LAN Filesharing at Universities

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stop-sharing dept.

segphault writes "The RIAA has sent letters to 40 university presidents in 25 separate states informing them that students are engaging in filesharing on their campuses using the local network. Apparently, the RIAA wants to get universities to use filtering software on their networks to detect student filesharing. The RIAA did not disclose the methodology they used to determine that filesharing is occuring on those local networks, but it probably didn't involve asking permission. The article goes on to predict that the RIAA will eventually try to get the government to require use of anti-filesharing filtering technologies at universities."

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  1. Download while you still can by IntelliAdmin · · Score: 4, Informative
    Well it has been almost 6 years since Napster made its way into our lives? 6 Years Really? Lets look around and see what file sharing programs are left after the music and movie biz nuked the crap out of most of them.

    1. Emule - This is one of the best we found out there. Hint (Search for server.met on google to update your server list)

    2. Bearshare - Nice Gnutella client, lots of good hits

    3. Limewire - Another Gnutella client. It even works on the Mac!

    4. Shareaza - A beautiful Gnutella client with no spyware.

    5. BitTorrent - Perfect for downloading movies, or that latest linux distro

    6. KaZaa - Old favorite. Oh yea - Aussie users, you can't download - Yea Right!

    7. Azureus - BitTorrent client that works on Mac, Linux, and Windows 8. Morpheus - Wow. They are still around? Wha happened!

    9. Gnucleus - Open source Gnutella for you freeloading open source hippies out there - Yea I am talking about you

    10. Napster - Ah, just put this one here to see if you are still reading, and I guess for shits and grins too

    So there you have it folks. These are slim pickings. Get um while they still work!

    1. Re:Download while you still can by Schemat1c · · Score: 4, Informative

      Correcty me if I'm wrong, but providing a link to a bitTorrent client doesn't really have anything to do with the article.

      Okay I'll correcty you, it's called irony and it does have to do with the article. It illustrates the futility of the ongoing efforts of the RIAA to shut down file sharing by showing that options have actually increased which is the opposite of their intended results.

      Lighten up a bit and laugh, trust me it will feel good.

      --

      "Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old enough to know better." - Unknown
    2. Re:Download while you still can by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

      The days of just being able to 'throttle' (Otherwise known as QoS or Quality of Service) based on port numbers is over. Almost any Cisco router (Even the older 2500 series) with the latest IOS can map QoS shaping (Throttling) to traffic signatures using a feature called NBAR (Network Based Application Recognition) then you can police traffic based on the signature of the payload (i.e. bittorrent, and many other P2P software) and set it down to 64Kbps (or lower) regardless of the port it is running on. Firewalls and routers are too smart now to play the 'I'll just use another port" game. I have set this up on MANY networks over the past 6 months. Hate to be the one to give bad news!!