P2P File Sharing - 320 Resources

Overview
Publications (224)
Presentations (52)
Policies (4)
Podcasts (13)
Blogs (31)

Overview

Peer-to-peer (P2P) is an approach to content distribution in which digital files are transferred between “peer” computers over the Internet. Because they do not rely on a central server to deliver content, P2P networks tend to be fast and reliable—they can balance traffic loads that might otherwise overwhelm servers, and they minimize the chance of service breakdown due to localized server or communication outages. As a new channel for content distribution, P2P changes the conventional hierarchy of information. The roles of producer, consumer, and gatekeeper of digital content blur, and more information and resources can be delivered to more people and applications than otherwise would be possible. P2P technology has the potential to play an important, positive role in the fulfillment of institutional missions of teaching, research, and the dissemination of knowledge. [Source: 7 Things You Should Know About P2P]

However, as noted in 7 Things You Should Know About P2P:

The advantages that P2P offers have largely been overshadowed by controversy. The recording and motion picture industries, the U.S. Congress, and some colleges and universities tend to use P2P as a synonym for illegal transfers of files, and some have sought to ban the practice altogether. Rather than looking for ways to put P2P to use in the service of teaching or research, colleges and universities instead find themselves wrangling with resource usage and legal issues. Students are frequent targets of copyright-infringement legal actions, and legislation on higher education sometimes includes requirements that colleges and universities step up efforts to enforce copyright.

See also the EDUCAUSE resource pages on the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) and Legal Downloading.

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Vendors with Technologies Related to Peer-to-Peer File Sharing

Note: For a list of legitimate online services, visit the Legal Downloading resource page.

Publications (224)

EDUCAUSE publications address a diverse range of professional challenges in higher education IT, from updates on current developments to explorations of important overarching issues. Listed below are the full range of research, reports and other publications that EDUCAUSE and its members have written about P2P File Sharing.

Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views
CSD5217	A Friendly Reminder Andrew Guess Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	11/07/2007	797
CSD5319	FCC wants to know: Is degrading P2P traffic 'reasonable'? Anne Broache Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/15/2008	325
CSD5322	MPAA Admits Mistake on Downloading Study Justin Pope Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/22/2008	153
CSD5156	Judge Quashes RIAA Subpoenas in Campus File-sharing Case Nate Anderson Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	09/26/2007	1,664
CSD5164	RIAA Moves Against More Colleges Dave Nagel Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	09/24/2007	1,855
CSD5168	Protecting the University from Copyright Bullies Wendy Seltzer Interviews/Podcasts/Videos	Community Recommendation	09/27/2007	1,880
CSD5168	Righting the Copyright Balance Wendy Seltzer Interviews/Podcasts/Videos	Community Recommendation	09/27/2007	1,730
CSD5173	RIAA trial verdict is in: jury finds Thomas liable for infringement Eric Bangeman Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	10/04/2007	1,370
CSD5185	Students for Free Culture Programs and Projects	Community Recommendation	10/10/2007	1,574
CSD5193	Chief Information Officers Speak Out Ann McClure Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	10/12/2007	1,973
CSD5199	George Washington Univ. students next to feel RIAA's wrath Declan McCullagh Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	10/16/2007	976
CSD5200	Are universities protecting students from the RIAA? Declan McCullagh Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	10/18/2007	1,545
CSD5201	Comcast Blocks Some Internet Traffic Peter Svensson Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	10/19/2007	1,163
CSD5205	Comcast Blockage of BitTorrent 101 Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	10/23/2007	721
CSD5218	Senators want Justice Department to sue P2P pirates Declan McCullagh Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	11/07/2007	521
CSD5239	MPAA University 'Toolkit' Raises Privacy Concerns Brian Krebs Blogs	Community Recommendation	11/23/2007	197
CSD5240	Mounting Peer-to-Peer Pressure for Comcast Peter Burrows Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	11/19/2007	229
CSD5260	Colleges serious about dealing with copyright, P2P issues Eric Bangeman Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	12/05/2007	358
CSD5287	Oregon Challenges RIAA's Tactics in Music Piracy Claim Jaikumar Vijayan Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	12/14/2007	162
CSD5295	France set to cut Web access for music, film pirates Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	11/23/2007	152
CSD5430	How It Does It: The RIAA Explains How It Catches Alleged Music Pirates Catherine Rampell Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Contributions	05/13/2008	264
CSD5229	Swiftboating Higher Education on P2P Kenneth C. Green Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Contributions	11/15/2007	385
CSD5171	McKeon-Keller Proposed Higher Education Act Bill Government Documents, Laws, Testimonies or Reports	EDUCAUSE Policy Office	10/05/2007	2,261
CSD4849	The Music Industry’s ‘Spring Offensive’ Kenneth C. Green Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2007	1,432
CSD4949	Sharing Ideas About Sharing Files Andrew Guess Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	06/12/2007	1,610

Presentations (52)

Stepping away from the distractions of normal routine to meet with peers, share experiences, and learn together can be invaluable. EDUCAUSE places great emphasis on the face-to-face meeting experience, offering you numerous opportunities throughout the year to gather with colleagues - from small regional events and special topic meetings to large, national conferences covering the full spectrum of roles and issues important to higher education. For more information on EDUCAUSE conferences and seminars, please see our Frequently Asked Questions page. Listed below is the full range of presentations EDUCAUSE and its members tagged with P2P File Sharing

Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views
EDU05027	Higher Education and the Knowledge Economy James Hilton Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/19/2005	3,560
EDU06241	Copyright Infringement from the Inside: Student Perspectives on Music Piracy Ross Housewright Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/11/2006	2,677
EDU06317	IT Policy in Higher Education: Now a Presidential Concern Terry W. Hartle Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/10/2006	2,452
LIVE0623	Copyright Infringement from the Inside: Student Perspectives on Music Piracy Ross Housewright Presentations/Speeches	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	01/01/2006	2,067
LIVE075	Good Digital Citizenship: Examining Student Peer-to-Peer Activity at Illinois State University Warren S. Arbogast, David Greenfield Presentations/Speeches	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	01/01/2007	2,900
MAC0418	Gray Matter: Copyright Law, Policy, Digital Works and Higher Education Kimberly B. Kelley Presentations/Speeches	Mid-Atlantic Regional	01/01/2004	5,851
MWR07077	Illegal P2P at Illinois State: On the Road to Good Digital Citizenship David Greenfield, Mark S. Walbert Presentations/Speeches	Midwest Regional	03/13/2007	1,679
NMD07007	Federal IT Policy: Higher Education and the New Congress Susan Fratkin, Terry W. Hartle Presentations/Speeches	Net@EDU (State Networks)	02/05/2007	3,043
POL0402	Sharing Information and Controlling Content: Continuing Challenges for Higher Education Edward Felten, Susanna Fischer, Ric Hirsch, Robert Kruger and Jason Schultz Presentations/Speeches	Policy (Archives)	01/01/2004	5,832
POL07008	Digital Entertainment on Campus: Old Lawsuits and New Business Models Michael J. Bebel, Jeffrey Bronikowski, Larry Jacobson, Bruce Lehman Presentations/Speeches	Policy (Archives)	05/16/2007	1,911
EDU0302	Panel on Peer-to-Peer File Sharing: Looking for Win-Win Solutions Charles Phelps, Cary Sherman, Graham B. Spanier and Jack Valenti Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	01/01/2003	6,055
EDU03156	What Is Higher Education Doing About P2P? Robyn R. Render Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	01/01/2003	3,884
EDU05099	Taming the P2P Controversy: Strategies, Insights, and Realities Lisa Brown, Kimberly A. Milford, and Amelia A. Tynan Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/20/2005	2,450
EDU05169	Advanced Internet Bandwidth and Security Strategies Fredrick Miller Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/19/2005	2,515
EDU06276	LionShare: Secure P2P Collaboration for Academic Networks Michael Halm Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/11/2006	2,088
LIVE0515	Can't Stop the Music: Dealing with File Sharing on Campus Steven J. McDonald Presentations/Speeches	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	01/01/2005	2,721
MAC0308	An Infrastructure and Accounting Response to P2P Traffic Michael R. Mundrane Presentations/Speeches	Mid-Atlantic Regional	01/01/2003	6,040
CSD2737	The 2nd International Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Systems (IPTPS '03)Proceedings Various Authors Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	4,660
EDU05028	Technology as a Learning Workbench Betty Collis Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/19/2005	2,359
LIVE038	The Rise of Collaborative Tools Ken Klingenstein Presentations/Speeches	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	01/01/2003	3,267
NTW0303	Peer-to-Peer: The New Lightning Rod for Digital Copyright Sarah B. Deutsch, Chris Jay Hoofnagle, John C. Vaughn and Jonathan Whitehead Presentations/Speeches	Policy (Archives)	01/01/2003	5,392
POL0510	MGM v Grokster: What It Will Mean to You Jonathan Band, Lee A. Hollaar, and Michael Petricone Presentations/Speeches	Policy (Archives)	04/07/2005	2,994
CSD3022	The Big Download Debate... "What Part of 'JAILHOUSE ROCK' Don't You Understand?" The Politics of Digital Copyright Matthew Oppenheim and Robert Hamilton Presentations/Speeches	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	4,165
EDU0313	WebSpace, the File Frontier: A Web-Based File Storage Solution for Students and Faculty PJ Abrams Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	01/01/2003	4,573
EDU04130	Comparison of Experiences with Two Innovative Media Programs Charles Powell and Russell S. Vaught Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/22/2004	3,405

Policies (4)

Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views
CSD5051	CU-Boulder Procedures on File Sharing Policies and Procedures	Community Recommendation	08/16/2007	3,311
CSD1869	Desktop System Security Policies and Procedures	Community Recommendation	01/01/2002	5,499
CSD3200	Copyrighted music, film, video files: Are they illegal to have on my computer? Policies and Procedures	Community Recommendation	01/01/2005	3,610
CSD1139	Letter to All Students Regarding Recording Industry Association of America "Settlement Letters" and "Preservation Notices" Tracy Mitrano Policies and Procedures	Community Recommendation	01/01/2007	4,126

Podcasts (13)

Name	Views	Post date
E08 Podcast: An Interview with Sheri Thompson, IT Planning and Communications Officer for Louisiana State University Play \| Show Notes \| Download (9.85 MB audio/mpeg)	114	07/28/2009
E08 Podcast: Digging Deep with P2P: Understanding Students' Media Habits Play \| Show Notes \| Download (11.16 MB audio/mpeg)	522	11/19/2008
EDUCAUSE Now - Show #5 - P2P Update & Data-Rich Blogging Play \| Show Notes \| Download (20.69 MB audio/mpeg)	1,064	07/10/2008
Podcast: P2P Policy Update - From Campus to Congress, and Now the State House Play \| Show Notes \| Download (47.1 MB audio/mpeg)	301	05/20/2008
Podcast: Don't Download This Panel - A Discussion of Peer-to-Peer Filesharing Play \| Show Notes \| Download (45.57 MB audio/mpeg)	488	04/22/2008
EDUCAUSE Now - Show #2 - P2P, Clifford Lynch, IT Cultures Play \| Show Notes \| Download (14.59 MB audio/mpeg)	767	04/10/2008
EDUCAUSE Now - Show #1 - Premiere Episode Play \| Show Notes \| Download (18.47 MB audio/mpeg)	1,236	03/12/2008
Digital Entertainment on Campus: Old Lawsuits and New Business Models Play \| Show Notes \| Download (46.73 MB audio/mpeg)	3,399	06/20/2007
EDUCAUSE2006 Podcast: From Illegal P2P File Sharing Play \| Show Notes \| Download (41.9 MB audio/mpeg)	3,603	03/16/2007
E2005 Podcast: Technology as a Learning Workbench Play \| Show Notes \| Download (24.07 MB audio/mpeg)	3,608	02/03/2006
E2005 Podcast: Higher Education and the Knowledge Economy Play \| Show Notes \| Download (21.65 MB audio/mpeg)	6,059	01/27/2006
E2005 Podcast: Advanced Internet Bandwidth and Security Strategies Play \| Show Notes \| Download (16.53 MB audio/mpeg)	3,778	01/26/2006
An Interview with Khalid Chaudhary, AVP at Tennessee State University Play \| Show Notes \| Download (16.27 MB audio/mp3)	5,412	11/11/2005

Blogs (31)

EDUCAUSE hosts a number of blogs for its members. To view a list of all our blogs, click here.

Title	Blogger	Posted	Views
Tune In Jan. 23 for a Free Web Seminar on Evaluating the RIAA’s Legal Threats to Online Activity	Peggy Kurkowski, EDUCAUSE	01/16/2008	300
Tune In Dec. 7 for a Free Web Seminar on the MPAA and RIAA Targeting of College Campuses and Students (updated topic)	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	12/03/2007	221
URGENT CALL TO ACTION: Pending Illegal File Sharing Legislation Harmful to Higher Education	Catherine W. Yang, EDUCAUSE	11/10/2007	1,987
Urgent Call to Action: Pending Illegal File Sharing Legislation Harmful to Higher Education	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	10/08/2007	1,853
URGENT CALL TO ACTION	Heidi Wachs, Georgetown University	07/20/2007	4,853
House Committee Holds Hearing on Filesharing on Campus	Heidi Wachs, Georgetown University	06/20/2007	2,960

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