Australian students downloaded... just $2.8 million of MP3s? [ip]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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From: "Nathan Cochrane" <ncochrane () theage fairfax com au>
To: "Declan McCullagh \(E-mail\)" <declan () well com>
Subject: University pirates cost millions
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 14:54:05 +1000

Hi Declan

Australian universities trafficked at least 28 terabytes of data on a
peer-to-peer network in the past year at a cost of about $2.8 million,
according to network statistics.

Data costs for traffic over the FastTrack peer-to-peer network visited by
pirates using the Kazaa Media Desktop software was more than $557,000.

But the total cost grows when litigation, management, opportunity costs and
capital expenditures - upgrades to networks, PCs, software, storage - and
alternative piracy channels are considered. They come at a time when
institutions are seeking more Commonwealth funds.

Although the data transferred by universities and the CSIRO is 2 per cent of
total traffic, it is a growing headache for their business managers.
FastTrack traffic is equivalent to 500,000 music CDs valued at $12.5
million, according to statistics compiled from figures supplied by
Australian Academic Research Network (AARNet) server logs. The music
industry estimates 25 million music CDs and DVDs were legally sold last
year.

MORE:
http://bilskirnir.blogspot.com/

-
Nathan Cochrane
Deputy IT Editor
:Next:
The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.next.theage.com.au



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