Comment WatcH OUT (Score 1) 341
I have CAPITAL LETTERS and I am NOT AFRAID to USE THEM.
Seriously though. The university isn't taking responsibility for the content being distributed or downloaded: it's just blocking all uses of peer-to-peer applications, even those which aren't illegal; what it's saying, in effect, is that using the school's bandwidth for filesharing applications is no longer permitted. That, of course, raises a different set of questions: what about the student musician or filmmaker who wants to distribute his work to an audience larger than that which he can find on campus, but lacks the means -- or the desire -- to go through normal channels? (Or what about the distribution of uncopyrighted works in general, really -- peer-to-peer does have legally and morally legitimate uses. The editorial mentions this.)
