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House Bill Mandates Colleges Make Plans for Network Filtering

I bet you were feeling pretty happy with Congress a little bit ago. Get ready to go back to normal! The College Opportunity and Affordability passed the House today (sounds good so far, right?), but it carries a provision that forces schools to make plans for network filtering mojo and a legal alternative to P2P file-sharing. More »

7:30 PM on Fri Feb 8 2008
By matt buchanan
3,681 views, 28 comments

Latest by axiomatic: VPN's and encryption FTW! more »

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"Toolkit" MPAA Offers Schools to Monitor File-Sharing Traffic More Like a Rootkit

The MPAA is such a kind and giving organization. After compiling a list of the top 25 schools for piracy, it sent them a letter last month offering the free, super-helpful University Toolkit to track naughty file-sharing on their networks. It "can produce a report that is strictly internal and therefore confidential to illustrate the level of file sharing on [your school's] network. In addition, we will send a hard copy in the near future to your university's Chief Information Officer." Of course, the first thing it does is call home. That's before the security holes. More »

7:15 PM on Mon Nov 26 2007
By Matt Buchanan
7,515 views, 13 comments

Latest by axiomatic: Let them implement this. I see serious courtroom hilarity coming from this software. DIAF RIAA more »