May 6, 2008 - 4:31 P.M.

Don Tennant: Campus whispers

TAGS:40 Thieves, copyright infringement, DC++, file sharing, peer-to-peer, WPI
IT TOPICS:Networking, Security

Universities need to be more proactive — and vocal — in dealing with their students' use of peer-to-peer file-sharing networks for illegal downloads. Don explains why in this week's editorial.

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