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NEWS ABOUT: p2p

p2p stories: 3 news summaries

Northwestern Using Emails
to Combat File Sharing

Campus prefers education campaign to punishment

Aug 28, 08 8:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Northwestern University has a way to decrease peer-to-peer sharing of copyrighted files: send students emails. The system, called Be Aware You’re Uploading, delivers email notifications to active p2p users on the network, Ars Technica reports. BAYU has a successful track record of reducing p2p usage and copyright violations. It’... More »

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email • copyright • file sharing • University of Michigan • p2p • peer to peer • open source • copyright infringement • illegal downloading • Northwestern University

In Surprise Turn, Verizon Embraces File Sharing

'The problem is not peer-to-peer technology, the problem is how you deploy it.'

Mar 14, 08 5:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Verizon announced today that it plans to use peer-to-peer software to speed the deployment of legitimate content over its networks, in a break from the industry’s usually negative stance towards file sharing, the AP reports. Working with a P2P company named Pando Networks, Verizon found that when an ISP... More »

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NBC • Verizon • file sharing • p2p • Internet service providers • television watching • copyright infringement • NBC Direct

Campaign Against Music Piracy Goes to First Trial

Jury will decide fate of Minnesota woman sued by record companies

Oct 1, 07 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The recording industry has initiated over 20,000 lawsuits against individuals since it launched its zero-tolerance copyright campaign against file-sharing in 2003, but never before has one gone to trial. Now a jury will decide whether a young mother illegally distributed 1,702 audio files on the peer-to-peer network Kazaa. More »

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Recording Industry Association of America • copyright law • copyright • file sharing • Virgin v. Thomas • p2p

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