Hallelujah! Someone gets it.
Thank you. Well said.
To me it is clear that the intent of the set up is to make sure the users at least have a clue as to what they are doing when they use the P2P protocols, but the actual use isn't analyzed. The users cannot deny later they had no clue about copyright issues and try and beg off.
Oh, here's another good thing this does: if a person has a laptop running P2P at home, leaves the software running and brings the system onto campus, they are not going to get nailed with a DMCA violation just because they forgot to turn off their software. This does provide some protection to the less-than-bright. Remember: The RIAA is targeting.edu's, no matter what they may say in the press.
Wrong site. The article is about Missouri S&T. Not Mizzou. Try mst.edu not missouri.edu. Two different entities
Get your facts right before engaging fingers.
The targeting of higher education networks is for the most part an automatic thing and they know it. Why? Higher ed usually has higher bandwidth available for uploads/downloads. This makes the serving of files from higher ed primary sources as the data can flow faster and quicker for them to pick up on for detection purposes.
Simple is always better...
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Hallelujah! Someone gets it. Thank you. Well said. To me it is clear that the intent of the set up is to make sure the users at least have a clue as to what they are doing when they use the P2P protocols, but the actual use isn't analyzed. The users cannot deny later they had no clue about copyright issues and try and beg off. Oh, here's another good thing this does: if a person has a laptop running P2P at home, leaves the software running and brings the system onto campus, they are not going to get nailed with a DMCA violation just because they forgot to turn off their software. This does provide some protection to the less-than-bright. Remember: The RIAA is targeting .edu's, no matter what they may say in the press.
Wrong site. The article is about Missouri S&T. Not Mizzou. Try mst.edu not missouri.edu. Two different entities Get your facts right before engaging fingers.
The targeting of higher education networks is for the most part an automatic thing and they know it. Why? Higher ed usually has higher bandwidth available for uploads/downloads. This makes the serving of files from higher ed primary sources as the data can flow faster and quicker for them to pick up on for detection purposes. Simple is always better...