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Ohio University Leads U.S. Colleges in File Sharing
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Zonk
on Thu Feb 22, 2007 02:57 PM
from the go-buckeyes dept.
from the go-buckeyes dept.
An anonymous reader writes "The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that Ohio University leads the nation in illegal music download notifications, having received 1,287 RIAA complaints since September, with between ten and 15 notices arriving daily. The University is attempting to deflect criticism with a PR piece, saying open networks required for academic freedom make it difficult to stop illegal file sharing. They also point out that the University's architecture makes it much easier to determine who is actually sharing the files. This makes a complaint more likely, as the RIAA knows who to target. "
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Ohio U also has the most students in the country (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Ohio U also has the most students in the countr (Score:5, Informative)
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Why is that? Do statisticians prefer large schools so that they can improve their sample sizes?
Go Buckeyes! (Score:2)
Well you have to be best at something.
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Related Article (Score:3, Interesting)
Crackdown is nationwide and New. (Score:3, Informative)
The Boston Herald covered this a few days ago. While the year is only half over, the number of RIAA complaints is already three times what it was last year [slashdot.org]. It looks like the RIAA got smart and narrowed their indiscriminate abuse of 12 year olds and work
Proud to be an Ohioan (Score:2)
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I live about 45 minutes away from Athens and I have to say that it is quite the fun little college town, although since I went to WVU I have to give props to Morgantown
makes sense (Score:3, Funny)
Top 25 schools... (Score:2, Interesting)
As a student at Northern Illinois, I am pleased to announce that we are number 13 on the list. I also find it very interesting that Purdue takes a "Eh, it's to much work to care" stance: "Some
Re:Top 25 schools... (Score:5, Insightful)
Instead, they are attempting to offload this responsibility to the universities, thereby limiting file sharing AND their own expenses to maximize profit.
Note that an increase of over 2,786% year over year is not explainable by any changes in behavior of the population in question. Instead, it is explainable only by changes in the behavior of the RIAA. The likelihood is that, between 2005 and 2006, the RIAA hired a bunch of writers to fire off 30X more letters than in years' past, so as to manufacture a scary-sounding story that a lazy reporter will swallow.
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Without access to Universities logs, how is RIAA going to do the investigation? Are universities consi
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I guess, they don't want to follow the legal avenue because they just want to strongarm the u
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Note: Ohio University is not Ohio State (Score:3, Interesting)
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Not surprising (Score:2)
Not something to be proud of (Score:5, Insightful)
With the door open, all sorts of scum gets in. (Score:2)
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http://irobert.org/2006/05/data-theft-at-ohio-univ ersity-risks-and-preventative-measures/ [irobert.org]
I believe the director of IT at the school st
Information Sharing is part of Learning (Score:5, Funny)
Kid: how come we stopped singing happy birthday?
Mom: because Time-Warner "owns" the rights to that, and we don't want to get on the MAFIAA hit list. The cost is far greater than a usual birthday celebration. And, whats wrong with "Good birthday to you"?
Kid: why is the sky blue
Dad: you know, many natural processes can now be patented, copyrighted and generally "owned". My company, SkyTech is patenting that atmospheric prism effect, so I cannot discuss that without revealing trade secrets, and ongoing patented research. Ask your mother.
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Mom: because Time-Warner "owns" the rights to that, and we don't want to get on the MAFIAA hit list.
We're Number 3! (Score:2)
My alma mater [unl.edu] is third in RIAA notices; after so many years of football dominance, it's nice to be in the top 5 of something again. Like Ohio University, the campus network at UNL makes it relatively easy to associate people with IPs.
(On a related not
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Open Networks for Academic Freedom? (Score:3, Interesting)
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Disclaimer: I'm an alumnus.
Well then, send me a recruiter and ROLL ME IN !! (Score:2)
Seriously though, must be a nice, liberty-loving place.
RIAA actions remind me of a quote (Score:5, Funny)
The quote from Ferris Bueller's Day Off:
Something is going on, and I'm going to find out what it is.
I'm going to catch this kid and put a dent in his future.
Years from now, when he looks back
on the ruin his life has become...
he will remember Edward Rooney (err, RIAA).
List (Score:5, Informative)
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryts.cfm?Ar ticleID=6876 [eschoolnews.com]
I'm really proud... (Score:2)
Perhaps there's still hope in the American university system after all..
No surprises there (Score:2)
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There are a whole lot of people who went to OU that did not sim
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Sylar, is that you?
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They said I didn't have to be good at math to be a journalist!
Re:Lies and Statistics (Score:5, Insightful)
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huh? (Score:2)
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If they were smart, they wouldn't be caught. (Score:3, Insightful)
Firewall that site so only on-campus addresses can access it. If you want to, make it invitation only. Just remember to encrypt the transmissions.
There, now no
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The Bobcats (OU) only wish they were as awesome as Buckeyes (OSU).
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