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12.08.08, 11:17
Under the College Opportunity and Affordability Act, colleges and universities that get federal funding have to come up with ways to deal with “Campus-based Digital Theft Prevention”. The bill doesn’t give specific methods, and universities can come up with their own methods, as Missouri S&T has done with their P2P quiz.
Missouri S&TThe subject of universities and (illicit) filesharing has been slowly gaining prominence over the past year, and more now than ever, with the passage of the College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2008. We have taken a look into the different ways universities around the US are dealing with the subject. In part one, Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Initially a mining school, the university, known until the start of the year as University of Missouri–Rolla, is not exactly the largest around. Even though the university has just over 6,000 students, they have not been ignored in the scattergun campaign that is Internet-copyright-enforcement by organizations such as the RIAA.
Tackling College Piracy: The P2P Quiz | TorrentFreak (http://torrentfreak.com/tackling-college-piracy-the-p2p-quiz-080811/)
Missouri S&TThe subject of universities and (illicit) filesharing has been slowly gaining prominence over the past year, and more now than ever, with the passage of the College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2008. We have taken a look into the different ways universities around the US are dealing with the subject. In part one, Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Initially a mining school, the university, known until the start of the year as University of Missouri–Rolla, is not exactly the largest around. Even though the university has just over 6,000 students, they have not been ignored in the scattergun campaign that is Internet-copyright-enforcement by organizations such as the RIAA.
Tackling College Piracy: The P2P Quiz | TorrentFreak (http://torrentfreak.com/tackling-college-piracy-the-p2p-quiz-080811/)