In the letter that the RIAA sent to these colleges, they specified DC and Mytunes/Ourtunes. Now I have no idea how common DC hubs are at universities, but I do happen to know that iTunes pirating is very popular. How many campuses out there are absent of this form of piracy? Maybe the one without computers? The RIAA could have sent these to any campus with a listed administrative email account (Though I'm sure they went for larger campuses...)
I looked up the two devices that they reccomend. One has taken heavy flack from the EFF and is seems easy enough to defeat. The other's website hasn't been updated in years, and their 'news' lists events that vaguely occur with piracy. I'm sure that these 'solutions' would not be inexpensive, especially if the average campus's networking situation is anywhere near as kludged together as the one I attend.
I don't see what the RIAA is getting at here, unless they get some profits from however many of those filtering devices sell. If they do, though, I think that falls under the category of racketeering, though I'm far from an expert on the subject.
Its obvious that the RIAA has no future. I just want to know when they'll get around to realizing that.
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In the letter that the RIAA sent to these colleges, they specified DC and Mytunes/Ourtunes. Now I have no idea how common DC hubs are at universities, but I do happen to know that iTunes pirating is very popular. How many campuses out there are absent of this form of piracy? Maybe the one without computers? The RIAA could have sent these to any campus with a listed administrative email account (Though I'm sure they went for larger campuses...)
I looked up the two devices that they reccomend. One has taken heavy flack from the EFF and is seems easy enough to defeat. The other's website hasn't been updated in years, and their 'news' lists events that vaguely occur with piracy. I'm sure that these 'solutions' would not be inexpensive, especially if the average campus's networking situation is anywhere near as kludged together as the one I attend.
I don't see what the RIAA is getting at here, unless they get some profits from however many of those filtering devices sell. If they do, though, I think that falls under the category of racketeering, though I'm far from an expert on the subject.
Its obvious that the RIAA has no future. I just want to know when they'll get around to realizing that.