Fluker
join:2005-04-07
West Lafayette, IN
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Re: The law is on the RIAA's side - don't like it? get law chgd
Purdue has done a lot in terms of network security lately. Since last year they have started removing all wired access from public areas and they require authentication or VPN connections for everything (which means that pretty much all traffic is inspected for cleanlines)
Almost weekly there is something in the paper about people being caught doing something illegal with university internet.
Where it mos def fails however is when IT people setup random open WIFI near dorms and whatnot.
DC++ is extremely popular and actually highlights one of the most idiotic trends in the recording industries efforts.
By knocking down the technologies that people are using today, the RIAA is pushing people out and onto the next p2p provider, which is invariably faster, harder to track and more convenient.
So in the end, these goons are driving the evolution of technology that has taken so much control from them. |
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Doctor Four
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join:2000-09-05
Dallas, TX
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| Yeah, what happens when those students go completely sneaker-
net?
They will have no way of knowing that thousands of files are
being traded this way, and it will be impossible to stop
(short of banning PCs and things like portable hard drives,
USB flash drives and CD/DVD burners.)
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"The trouble with computers, of course, is that they are very sophisticated idiots." - Doctor Who (from Robot)
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a333
A hot cup of integrals please
join:2007-06-12
Corona, NY
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this will always be a cat-and-mouse game. As the **AA's try to act like they're still in the 60's, Bittorrent and other p2p software will only get better and better. And ultimately, it'll never be the customers/in this case, students, that win, as universities are forced to hire more IT staff, and buy filtering software and hardware for the **AA's demands.
IMHO, the **AA's are no more than a bunch of lawyers who try to use mere technicalities to make others enforce THEIR rules. If the **AA's want to enforce DCMA, let them do it themselves and shell out the money to do so, or at least cover the costs incurred by others to do so.
And yes, I am an avid user of BitTorrent and other p2p tech, and I proudly use it to "pirate" Linux distros. :\
And, here come the **AA shills with their piracy clubs...... |
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