Universities strike back in battle over illegal downloads
With 1.3 billion music files pirated by college students last year, schools are turning to technology to curb the practice. Congress watches with interest.
from the June 18, 2007 edition
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The Top 10 campuses for illegal file downloads
The Recording Industry Association of America recently released a list of schools it says most frequently violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act from September, 2006 to mid-February 2007. The Top 10:
1. Ohio University (1,287 violations)
2. Purdue University (1,068)
3. University of Nebraska, Lincoln (1,002)
4. University of Tennessee, Knoxville (959)
5. University of South Carolina (914)
6. University of Massachusetts at Amherst (897)
7. Michigan State University (753)
8. Howard University (572)
9. North Carolina State University (550)
10. University of Wisconsin, Madison (513)
Since the list was published in February, the RIAA has noted progress:
•University of South Carolina has had no notices since the list was published.
•Ohio University received only about seven notices in May after it installed network-protection tools.
•Michigan State University has only received 14 notices.
•Howard University has gotten just three notices.
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