Operator faced disciplinary action and loss of network privileges.
Diamondbackonline, the University of Maryland’s self-described “independent daily newspaper,” is reporting today that a student who operated a DC++ hub on the campus network will shut it down today after being pressured by the school’s Office of Information Technology.
The student faced disciplinary action and loss of network privileges if he refused to comply, and after meeting with OIT officials on Tuesday to discuss shutting down the hub if he couldn’t prove its legality, he apparently ultimately decided to pull the plug.
Oddly enough, the OIT learned about the DC++ hub not from the RIAA or any other copyright lobbying organization, but by reading about it in “The Diamondback.”
In the past the OIT apparently turned a blind eye to campus DC++ hubs unless they received complaints from students, though why a student would complain is beyond me.
But, after shutting down student access to Limewire and Ares on Monday it seems the days of turning a blond eye to campus DC++ hubs are over and it is now taking a more “proactive approach.”
In fact, at a recent Student Govt Association meeting the OIT announced that it would be shutting down most file-sharing on the campus.
The move has prompted one member of the school’s student government, Matt Verghese, an engineering legislator, to “…sponsor a bill encouraging the university to take a ‘harder stance’ against the RIAA and not forward pre-litigation letters to students.”
Maybe the U of Maryland administration ought to take a page from Harvard University’s playbook and determine what the proper relationship is with its students. Is it an educator or a copyright enforcer?
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Well running a DC hub ON A SCHOOL COMPUTER is just asking to get sued! To me that was a very dumb move!
Especially now that the RIAA has taken special intrest in suing college students.
If students want to file share they need to get their OWN ISP ACCESS.
Using a schools internet connection to download illegal stuff can not only get the student in trouble…but the school as well.
EDIT to above post….I meant to say…..Using a schools internet connection to HOST illegal stuff can not only get the student in trouble…but the school as well.
Wow. What a bombshell. The six people who used that server must be crushed.
Get lost TROLL!