[26475] in resnet
Re: blocking p2p?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Wilson)
Fri Jun 3 12:35:36 2011
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From: Robert Wilson <rwilson@mccallie.org>
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Our school has grades 6-12. We block p2p stuff through a content filter and
also in our firewall.
Robert
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Crowe, Sheila <sheila@montana.edu> wrote:
> Please contact me (off-list if you=92d like) if you are blocking p2p apps
> like BitTorrents and/or gnutella-like protocols.
>
>
>
> DMCA complaints are KILLING me and bandwidth is being consumed at record
> rates. We are considering blocking these protocols, in hopes that number=
s
> for both will improve, and would like to know what the student/customer
> response has been. Alternatively, if you have blocked these services in
> the past and are no longer doing, why the reversal? For example, does fea=
r
> of lynching have anything to do with it?
>
>
>
> I absolutely loathe that I am forced to be the protector of the digital
> copyright, so don=92t flame me for being the =93man.=94 Nor do I applaud
> thieves=85if you come down on the moral duty side.
>
>
>
> I wish that this could wait a couple of weeks for the conference, but it
> can=92t. Come to think of it, somebody=92s gotta do a BOF on this.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance, everyone.
>
>
>
> Sheila Crowe
>
> Montana State University ResNet
>
> sheila@montana.edu
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Our school has grades 6-12. We block p2p stuff through a content filter and=
also in our firewall.<div><br></div><div>Robert</div><div><br><br><div cla=
ss=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Crowe, Sheila <span dir=
=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:sheila@montana.edu">sheila@montana.edu</a>&g=
t;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"=
purple"><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Please contact me (off-list if you=92d =
like) if you are blocking p2p apps like BitTorrents and/or gnutella-like pr=
otocols.=A0 </p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">=A0</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">DMCA complaints are KI=
LLING me and bandwidth is being consumed at record rates.=A0 We are conside=
ring blocking these protocols, in hopes that numbers for both will improve,=
and would like to know what the student/customer response has been.=A0 =A0=
Alternatively, if you have blocked these services in the past and are no lo=
nger doing, why the reversal? For example, does fear of lynching have anyth=
ing to do with it?=A0 </p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">=A0</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">I absolutely loathe th=
at I am forced to be the protector of the digital copyright, so don=92t fla=
me me for being the =93man.=94=A0 Nor do I applaud thieves=85if you come do=
wn on the moral duty side.=A0 </p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">=A0</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">I wish that this could=
wait a couple of weeks for the conference, but it can=92t.=A0 Come to thin=
k of it, somebody=92s gotta do a BOF on this.=A0 </p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"=
>=A0</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">
Thanks in advance, everyone.</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">=A0</p><p class=3D"M=
soNormal">Sheila Crowe</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Montana State University R=
esNet</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><a href=3D"mailto:sheila@montana.edu" targe=
t=3D"_blank">sheila@montana.edu</a> =A0</p>
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</p></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Robert Wilson, McCa=
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