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Students Using P2P Software Being Reported to Police

Published on November 12, 2010 By ccorbet

The student newspaper at Valdosta State University in Georgia has reported that the university has updated their systems with software that allows them to trace illegal P2P downloading directly to the student responsible.  We reported a while back about the impact of the DMCA of 2008 and this latest example continues to prove that enforcement [...]

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 2008 Now in Effect

Published on August 5, 2010 By ccorbet

According to a recent USA Today article, “College students who download music and movies from peer-to-peer file-sharing programs such as LimeWire and KaZaA will find themselves cut off when they return to campus this fall.” Changes to the DMCA made in 2008 have taken effect July 1st.  This mandates that all colleges across the country [...]