P2P vs Email!?!
Published by: Codrut Nistor, in News
August28th2008
Hehehehe...one of my favorite topics, once again! No, no, it has nothing to do with hardware, Linux, video compression or music. Wait! I think it has, in the end. After all, it's not the tool that really matters, it's how you use it, don't you think? No, I am not talking about THAT tool! Now wash away your dirty thoughts and let's talk about P2P, one of the reasons for starting modern witch hunts on a regular basis, even when there are no real "witches" around...
Yesterday, Northwestern University decided to drop communist methods like filtering, monitoring, bandwidth caps, and others (I think the RIAA and MPAA would even enjoy shooting P2P users on stadiums, as long as they get their money...), simply switching to a battle with flowers instead of guns!
Well, not quite flowers, but when talking about copyright infringement, an email warning is just like a flower facing a gun - considering we have a really bad P2P user, of course.
Developed at the University of Michigan, Be Aware You're Uploading (BAYU) really had some success in reducing P2P usage and DMCA takedown notices, as ArsTechnica reports. This University turned the entire program into open source, including the documentation, so now everyone could do it. The idea is very simple - packets inside the network are scanned, and the system generates automatically an email notice to the one uploading data through a P2P connection. That's it!
Unfortunately, these emails are not answering questions like "Is it OK to download promo records?" or "Is LimeWire Illegal?," but I think I like this idea. After all, we're talking about people who are willing to learn about a lot of stuff, including copyright infringement...
At last, it should be noted that a lot of users have P2P programs installed, but some of them simply don't understand the fact they may be sharing copyrighted content located on their computers, like the iTunes library, for example. Knowledge is power, that's the conclusion, my friends, but feel free to add your own thoughts below.
Yesterday, Northwestern University decided to drop communist methods like filtering, monitoring, bandwidth caps, and others (I think the RIAA and MPAA would even enjoy shooting P2P users on stadiums, as long as they get their money...), simply switching to a battle with flowers instead of guns!
Developed at the University of Michigan, Be Aware You're Uploading (BAYU) really had some success in reducing P2P usage and DMCA takedown notices, as ArsTechnica reports. This University turned the entire program into open source, including the documentation, so now everyone could do it. The idea is very simple - packets inside the network are scanned, and the system generates automatically an email notice to the one uploading data through a P2P connection. That's it!
Unfortunately, these emails are not answering questions like "Is it OK to download promo records?" or "Is LimeWire Illegal?," but I think I like this idea. After all, we're talking about people who are willing to learn about a lot of stuff, including copyright infringement...
At last, it should be noted that a lot of users have P2P programs installed, but some of them simply don't understand the fact they may be sharing copyrighted content located on their computers, like the iTunes library, for example. Knowledge is power, that's the conclusion, my friends, but feel free to add your own thoughts below.
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