P2P File Sharing - 309 Resources

Overview
Publications (187)
Presentations (64)
Policies (4)
Podcasts (15)
Blogs (39)

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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Useful Links Related to P2P

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

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

Updated July 2011

Publications (187)

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	Pub Date	Views
EPO0938	Dealing With the Higher Education Opportunity Act's New Copyright Protection Requirements	11/20/2009	851
CSD5784	Implementing the Higher Education Opportunity Act – A Checklist for Business Officers	12/08/2009	886
CSD5847	'Piracy'	02/03/2010	261
EST1005	7 Things You Should Know About the P2P Provisions of the HEOA	05/24/2010	1,231
EQM0844	Illegal File Sharing 101	11/17/2008	11,417
CSD5696	Carrying Out the Higher Ed Act	08/24/2009	212
CSD5713	Penn State Copyright Perspectives	09/01/2009	379
CSD5715	Indiana University Copyright Tutorial	09/01/2009	224
CSD5540	The Campus Costs of P2P Compliance	10/20/2008	535
ERM08615	On Making Sausage	10/23/2008	3,946
EST0901	7 Things You Should Know About P2P	03/11/2009	3,010
CSD5544	Harvard professor offers new challenge to RIAA antipiracy campaign	10/30/2008	539
CSD5572	RIAA win: Tennessee to police campus networks	11/18/2008	247
CSD5582	Labels Open to Collective Licensing on Campus	12/11/2008	220
CSD5498	Students Flock to Web Sites Offering Pirated Textbooks	09/04/2008	755
CSD5539	The Costs of Policing Campus Networks	10/20/2008	440
CSD5701	New Rules Will Push Colleges to Rethink Tactics Against Student Pirates	02/13/2009	545
CSD5538	Fighting Music and Movie Piracy Costs Colleges Considerably, Study Says	10/20/2008	910
EQM0744	Student Campus Technology Trends: 2001 Versus 2006	11/20/2007	5,348
CSD5280	Letter to the Editor: Respect for copyright comes from education	12/10/2007	490
ERM0829	Get Me Out of the Middle!		1,623
CSD5260	Colleges serious about dealing with copyright, P2P issues	12/05/2007	437
CSD5287	Oregon Challenges RIAA's Tactics in Music Piracy Claim	12/14/2007	183
CSD5295	France set to cut Web access for music, film pirates	11/23/2007	166
CSD5314	An interview with the misguided RIAA	01/15/2008	184

Presentations (64)

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	Pub Date	Views
LIVE1114	Alphabet Soup: A P2P, DMCA, and HEOA FAQ	05/18/2011	479
E11_239584	Seminar 01F - Legal Issues Important to Higher Ed Technology Professionals PLEASE NOTE: Separate registration and fee is required to attend this seminar.	10/18/2011	20
LIVE0921	Complying with P2P Mandates in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008	11/23/2009	884
SWRC10_198916	Meet the Expert: P2P Update	02/18/2010	221
NC10_201024	Complying with P2P Mandates in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008	03/09/2010	248
MWRC10_201505	An EDUCAUSE Update on P2P	03/16/2010	173
SERC10_206085	EDUCAUSE P2P Update	06/03/2010	143
E092_179694	Legal and Compliance Issues	11/05/2009	1,107
E08_177894	Facing the Music	10/29/2008	86
E09_175976	Seminar 01P - An EDUCAUSE Update on Peer-to-Peer File Sharing: Requirements, Options, and the Future	11/03/2009	1,014
E09_176101	Complying with P2P Mandates in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008	11/05/2009	930
E10_209045	Enforcing Copyright on Campus Networks: Lessons Learned and Next Steps	10/13/2010	422
E09_176028	The 2009 Campus Computing Survey	11/04/2009	2,270
E08_47570	P2P War Stories: Tales from the Trenches	10/29/2008	905
E08_47582	Policy and Law	10/29/2008	654
LIVE095	Choruss: A New Business Model for Digital Music	03/03/2009	1,060
E08_47607	P2P Provisions in the New Higher Education Act: What It Means for Your Campus	10/31/2008	758
E08_47568	Digging Deep with P2P: Understanding Students' Media Habits	10/30/2008	691
E08_47603	Cyber Ethics: A Values-Based Approach	10/31/2008	950
WSE0801	P2P and the Higher Education Reauthorization Act: Next Steps	08/21/2008	1,880
EDU07254	The 2007 Campus Computing Survey	10/23/2007	1,021
LIVE0723	Swiftboating Higher Education on P2P: Why Higher Education Is Not the Real Problem, and Technology Is Not the Real Solution	12/07/2007	733
SWR08028	Washington Update: We’re from the Government, and We’re Here to Help You!	02/20/2008	282
WRC08029	Don't Download This Panel	03/31/2008	414
POL08009	P2P Policy Updates: From Campus to Congress, and Now the State House	05/07/2008	438

Policies (4)

Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views
CSD5952	Plan to Combat the Unauthorized Distribution of Copyrighted Material by Users of Georgetown University Networks Policies and Procedures	Community Contributions	09/14/2010	383
CSD5051	CU-Boulder Procedures on File Sharing Policies and Procedures	Community Contributions	08/16/2007	3,545
CSD3200	Copyrighted music, film, video files: Are they illegal to have on my computer? Policies and Procedures	Community	03/01/2012	3,798
CSD1139	Letter to All Students Regarding Recording Industry Association of America "Settlement Letters" and "Preservation Notices" Tracy Mitrano Policies and Procedures	Community Contributions	01/01/2007	4,269

Podcasts (15)

Name	Views	Post date
E10 Session Podcast: The 2010 Campus Computing Survey Play \| Show Notes \| Download (14.19 MB audio/mpeg)	75	01/03/2011
EDUCAUSE Now - #22 - 1) The E-Textbook Conundrum 2) ELI Annual Meeting Preview 3) Policy Office Update Play \| Show Notes \| Download (10.86 MB audio/mpeg)	382	12/10/2009
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)	144	07/28/2009
E08 Podcast: Digging Deep with P2P: Understanding Students' Media Habits Play \| Show Notes \| Download (11.16 MB audio/mpeg)	578	11/19/2008
EDUCAUSE Now - Show #5 - P2P Update & Data-Rich Blogging Play \| Show Notes \| Download (20.69 MB audio/mpeg)	1,101	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)	339	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)	543	04/22/2008
EDUCAUSE Now - Show #2 - P2P, Clifford Lynch, IT Cultures Play \| Show Notes \| Download (14.59 MB audio/mpeg)	796	04/10/2008
EDUCAUSE Now - Show #1 - Premiere Episode Play \| Show Notes \| Download (18.47 MB audio/mpeg)	1,264	03/13/2008
Digital Entertainment on Campus: Old Lawsuits and New Business Models Play \| Show Notes \| Download (46.73 MB audio/mpeg)	3,472	06/20/2007
EDUCAUSE2006 Podcast: From Illegal P2P File Sharing Play \| Show Notes \| Download (41.9 MB audio/mpeg)	3,619	03/16/2007
E2005 Podcast: Technology as a Learning Workbench Play \| Show Notes \| Download (24.07 MB audio/mpeg)	3,611	02/03/2006
E2005 Podcast: Higher Education and the Knowledge Economy Play \| Show Notes \| Download (21.65 MB audio/mpeg)	6,075	01/27/2006
E2005 Podcast: Advanced Internet Bandwidth and Security Strategies Play \| Show Notes \| Download (16.53 MB audio/mpeg)	3,792	01/26/2006
An Interview with Khalid Chaudhary, AVP at Tennessee State University Play \| Show Notes \| Download (16.27 MB audio/mp3)	5,469	11/11/2005

Blogs (39)

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

Title	Blogger	Posted	Views
Higher Education & Entertainment Industry Discuss Implementation of HEOA Peer-to-Peer Provisions, April 2012	Gregory A. Jackson, EDUCAUSE	04/19/2012	291
What Should We Learn from Megaupload?	Gregory A. Jackson, EDUCAUSE	01/31/2012	157
Tune In May 18: Alphabet Soup: A P2P, DMCA, and HEOA FAQ	Ashlan Sarff, EDUCAUSE	05/11/2011	122
U. S. Department of Education issues "Dear Colleague" letter on HEOA P2P provisions	Steven Worona, Chestnut Hill Policy Center	06/11/2010	4,517
New EDUCAUSE 7 Things...P2P Provisions of the HEOA	James Berg, EDUCAUSE	05/24/2010	275
EDUCAUSE Policy Program Update: HEOA Enforcement Begins July 1	Ashlan Sarff, EDUCAUSE	04/28/2010	2,139
Resource Center Update - November/December 2009	Colleen Keller, EDUCAUSE	12/07/2009	56
Tune In November 23: Complying with P2P Mandates in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008	Peggy Kurkowski, EDUCAUSE	11/19/2009	278
October 29, 2009: Department of Education Issues Final HEOA Regulations	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	11/03/2009	310
Final HEOA Regulations Issued for P2P Provisions	Steven Worona, Chestnut Hill Policy Center	10/29/2009	4,049
Proposed HEOA Regulations Issued for P2P Provisions	Steven Worona, Chestnut Hill Policy Center	08/25/2009	2,931
NPRM Released! P2P Regulations Consistent with Rulemaking Team’s Agreed Language	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	08/21/2009	223
August 21, 2009: NPRM Dealing in Part with P2P Provisions in the Higher Education Opportunity Act	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	08/21/2009	150
Reconnaissance Reports from Planet Teen	Steven Worona, Chestnut Hill Policy Center	07/15/2009	779
Update on HEOA and P2P	Steven Worona, Chestnut Hill Policy Center	07/02/2009	3,938
Expanded 7 Things Series Launches with P2P	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	03/26/2009	824
Texas Beats Tennessee in Clue Bowl	Steven Worona, Chestnut Hill Policy Center	02/25/2009	291
Race for Broadband Grants: Department of Commerce will Begin Meeting with Interested Parties March 2	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	02/24/2009	492
Advice to ISP's: Sign up for RIAA 101 at a college near you	Steven Worona, Chestnut Hill Policy Center	12/29/2008	672
An Oldie from Nashville	Steven Worona, Chestnut Hill Policy Center	11/18/2008	405
Everything I need to know I learned from Humphrey Bogart	Steven Worona, Chestnut Hill Policy Center	11/04/2008	605
Harvard Law Professor challenges the RIAA	Steven Worona, Chestnut Hill Policy Center	10/30/2008	461
Competing with free again again	Steven Worona, Chestnut Hill Policy Center	10/14/2008	218
EDUCAUSE, the RIAA, and a Lot of Other People: What I Heard at the Department of Education Hearing in Washington, DC	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	10/09/2008	432
EDUCAUSE Holds Webcast on P2P Provisions in the Higher Education Act	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	08/21/2008	388

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