Peer-to-Peer Network Security

Inside Higher Education News – October 20, 2008

Colleges have been asserting for months — in an effort to persuade Congress not to impose new requirements on them to fight illegal file sharing — that they‟re spending big bucks to monitor, prevent and discipline online behavior that could run afoul of copyright law. But lawmakers ignored their pleas and added several new mandates to the Higher Education Act in August.

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President Bush on Monday signed into law the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act (PRO-IP Act), which provides stiffer penalties for breaching intellectual property. With stricter rules and increased penalties, the new law may raise howls of protest, or put more pressure on piracy networks.

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