WASHINGTON (Hollywood Reporter) – The U.S. Army is telling soldiers to get off the popular peer-to-peer networks because file sharing is hurting the worldwide war on terrorism, according to Pentagon memos and an article published by the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command.
“Since the start of the global war on terrorism, the most pressing issue from service members in the field has been the shortage of bandwidth to transmit battlefield intelligence to combatant commanders,” according to the article published by the technology command. “Unauthorized use of P2P applications account for significant bandwidth consumption. It limits the bandwidth required for official business and storage capacity on government systems. While those who monitor the Army networks agree that copyright infringement is a valid issue, they do have other, more important concerns.”
The article quoted a white paper written by the Army’s Computer Network Operations Intelligence section saying that unauthorized P2P applications on government systems “represent a threat to network security.”
According to the article, the soldier illegally downloading the files and the GI’s company commander can be held liable for copyright infringement, and both could be disciplined under military charges that prohibit stealing.
Calls to the command headquarters in Fort Huachuca, Ariz., were not returned Thursday.
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