Re: DMCA

[Joel Rosenblatt <joel () COLUMBIA EDU>]

Used by our students

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See <http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EST0901.pdf> THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT… P2P

<http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~danr/courses/6772/Fall06/papers/planetscale.pdf> Planet Scale Software Updates

My 2 cents
Joel


--On Tuesday, November 29, 2011 8:04 AM -0600 Brian L Cox <coxbl2 () UNK EDU> wrote:

> Ed,
>
> We block P2P traffic.  When we identify a new P2P application being used
> by a student we block their access to the network and require them to call
> and set up an appointment with our CIO before their access is restored.
> That application is then added to the default blocking list  This may seem
> a bit harsh but it has resulted in only 2 notices sent to us so far this
> year.  We will allow legitimate P2P traffic and so far the only P2P
> traffic allowed is for those using games that require P2P for updates etc.
>  We have yet to have anyone come forward with a legitimate educational use
> for P2P.   I am sure those applications exist, but we have not encountered
> them so far.   This brings up a second part to this question....what, if
> any, legitimate P2P applications have been identified being used on
> college campuses?
>
> _________________
> Brian L Cox
> Information Technology Services
> Assistant Director of Network Services
> University of Nebraska Kearney
> (308)865-8176
>
>
>
>
> From:   "Hudson, Edward" <ewhudson () CSUCHICO EDU>
> To:     SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Date:   11/28/2011 05:47 PM
> Subject:        [SECURITY] DMCA
> Sent by:        The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
> <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>
>
>
>
> Hi All,
> Polling to see how other campuses are handling DMCA take down notices.
> Ours has risen to a level current process is not working efficiently. We
> are hearing some universities are:
> 1) Ignoring notices from copyright holders
> 2) Outright blocking of file sharing as "95% are used for nefarious
> purposes"
> Interested to see how other institutions are addressing.
> Thanks
> Ed
>
>
> Ed Hudson, CISM
> Information Security Office
> California State University, Chico
> http://www.csuchico.edu/isec/index.shtml
> Office: (530) 898-6307
> ewhudson () csuchico edu



Joel Rosenblatt, Manager Network & Computer Security
Columbia Information Security Office (CISO)
Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033
http://www.columbia.edu/~joel
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