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Leaked MediaDefender Emails Show Student P2P Traffic Down

Posted by Zonk on from the they-are-tending-not-to-copy-that-floppy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The MPAA and the RIAA have been targeting universities in a fury claiming that college students are causing them huge losses. However, some leaked MediaDefender emails show that may be a huge exaggeration. 'I also want to state that I am not for the illegal sharing of files. I am absolutely against it. I just want to make sure that the numbers presented in the media are fair numbers. I have a feeling they aren't fair at all. '"

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  1. Actually... by adona1 · · Score: 5, Informative

    They don't show that student P2P traffic is down, just that the methods that the MAFIAA use to give numbers of students using P2P are flawed and the numbers are probably lower than they say. Given their sterling track record with manipulating numbers, it's hardly surprising. Plus, it really only deals with the Gnutella network, whereas most of the traffic nowadays would probably be using Bittorrent.

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  2. Bogus by neokushan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The MPAA and the RIAA have been targeting universities in a fury claiming that college students are causing them huge losses.

    This is a bogus claim anyway, everyone knows college kids (aka Students) are piss poor and couldn't afford to buy the music even if they didn't download it.
    Now they're just piss poor and bored.

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  3. I wonder. by palegray.net · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I wonder how many students at technical colleges and universities are using BitTorrent to download Linux ISOs, free software packages, etc...

    I know that's what I use it for (no, I'm not kidding).

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  4. Re:There's still a lot of copyright infringement by QuoteMstr · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Actually, the popularity of a law is its /very basis/ for legitimacy, at least in a democratic society. Who gets to decide what policy can "better service society" except the very members of that society? The law should reflect common morality, not some notion three guys in a room decided was best.

    Every time the law has been used as a club to force the public to accept a minority moral position, it's failed to have the desired effect. Remember learning about the prohibition?