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RIAA Targets LAN Filesharing at Universities

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. Re:When I was a youngster... like 8 years ago by wideBlueSkies · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    8 years ago Duke Nukem Forever was in development, and people were wondering what it would be like when it was released.

    I guess not much has changed.

    wbs.

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    Huh?