By Virginia Zignego
Badger Herald
MADISON, Wis. – Two universities are making it harder for students to download copyrighted music. Central Washington University and another university, which requested to remain nameless, have installed a filter that prevents users on the university’s network filter from downloading copyrighted songs.
The universities are the first to thwart attempts at downloading music directly. Other schools, such as the University of Wisconsin, employ a system that does not exclude downloading on the network but instead regulates such downloads to a slower network speed.
Central Washington University and the other university are in an experimental stage with the network filter, developed by Audible Magic Co., according to an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Audible Magic’s product has been nicknamed a “file swap killer.” It is slated as a way to “comprehensively control peer-to-peer file sharing,” according to news articles and product descriptions on Audible Magic Company’s website.
