P2P File Sharing - 86 Resources

Overview
Publications (36)
Presentations (5)
Policies (4)
Podcasts (13)
Blogs (32)

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.

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.

Publications (36)

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
EQM0844	Illegal File Sharing 101	11/17/2008	4,657
CSD3526	AOL/NCSA Online Safety Study	01/01/2004	4,138
CSD3084	One File Swapper, One Lawsuit	01/01/2004	3,308
CSD3412	US House Passes Bill Targeting Net Song Swappers	01/01/2004	3,009
EPO0734	Letter Opposing The Illegal File Sharing Amendment to the HEA Sent by the Higher Education Members of the Joint Committee	07/23/2007	2,881
CSD3530	U.S. Senate Passes Scaled-Back Copyright Measure	01/01/2004	2,738
CSD5036	Can Anyone Police File Sharing?	08/03/2007	2,576
CSD3556	Artists, Musicians and the Internet	01/01/2004	2,347
CSD3734	Downloading Service Offered by University Failing to Entice Students	01/01/2005	2,341
CSD5023	Universities win Senate fight over anti-P2P proposal	07/24/2007	2,294
CSD5171	McKeon-Keller Proposed Higher Education Act Bill	10/05/2007	2,261
ERM08615	On Making Sausage	10/23/2008	2,183
CSD4172	More Colleges Strike Up Music-Sharing Deals, Despite Lukewarm Response in Dorms	01/01/2005	1,980
CSD3916	OECD Report on Digital Music: Opportunities and Challenges	01/01/2005	1,890
CSD4288	File-Swapping Network Closes After Attacks by Entertainment Companies	01/01/2005	1,766
CSD5191	A Controversial Antipiracy Measure Re-emerges	10/08/2007	1,669
CSD4856	'The Hammer's Coming'	01/01/2007	1,395
CSD4675	What is Wrong with Ripping?	01/01/2006	1,352
CSD5187	Pre-Litigation Letters Put Colleges Between a Rock and a Hard Place	10/05/2007	1,206
CSD5538	Fighting Music and Movie Piracy Costs Colleges Considerably, Study Says	10/20/2008	727
CSD5498	Students Flock to Web Sites Offering Pirated Textbooks	09/04/2008	548
CSD5209	Ohio U. Plays Host to a Forum on File Swapping	10/30/2007	491
CSD5701	New Rules Will Push Colleges to Rethink Tactics Against Student Pirates	02/13/2009	458
CSD5539	The Costs of Policing Campus Networks	10/20/2008	389
CSD5229	Swiftboating Higher Education on P2P	11/15/2007	386

Presentations (5)

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
WSE0801	P2P and the Higher Education Reauthorization Act: Next Steps	08/21/2008	1,333
E08_47607	P2P Provisions in the New Higher Education Act: What It Means for Your Campus	10/31/2008	653
E09_175976	Seminar 01P - An EDUCAUSE Update on Peer-to-Peer File Sharing: Requirements, Options, and the Future	11/03/2009	453
LIVE0921	Complying with P2P Mandates in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008	11/23/2009	188
E08_177894	Facing the Music	10/29/2008	56

Policies (4)

Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views
CSD1869	Desktop System Security Policies and Procedures	Community Recommendation	01/01/2002	5,503
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	4,137
CSD3200	Copyrighted music, film, video files: Are they illegal to have on my computer? Policies and Procedures	Community Recommendation	01/01/2005	3,621
CSD5051	CU-Boulder Procedures on File Sharing Policies and Procedures	Community Recommendation	08/16/2007	3,318

Podcasts (13)

Name	Views	Post date
E2005 Podcast: Higher Education and the Knowledge Economy Play \| Show Notes \| Download (21.65 MB audio/mpeg)	6,061	01/27/2006
An Interview with Khalid Chaudhary, AVP at Tennessee State University Play \| Show Notes \| Download (16.27 MB audio/mp3)	5,412	11/11/2005
E2005 Podcast: Advanced Internet Bandwidth and Security Strategies Play \| Show Notes \| Download (16.53 MB audio/mpeg)	3,778	01/26/2006
E2005 Podcast: Technology as a Learning Workbench Play \| Show Notes \| Download (24.07 MB audio/mpeg)	3,609	02/03/2006
EDUCAUSE2006 Podcast: From Illegal P2P File Sharing Play \| Show Notes \| Download (41.9 MB audio/mpeg)	3,604	03/16/2007
Digital Entertainment on Campus: Old Lawsuits and New Business Models Play \| Show Notes \| Download (46.73 MB audio/mpeg)	3,402	06/20/2007
EDUCAUSE Now - Show #1 - Premiere Episode Play \| Show Notes \| Download (18.47 MB audio/mpeg)	1,237	03/12/2008
EDUCAUSE Now - Show #5 - P2P Update & Data-Rich Blogging Play \| Show Notes \| Download (20.69 MB audio/mpeg)	1,064	07/10/2008
EDUCAUSE Now - Show #2 - P2P, Clifford Lynch, IT Cultures Play \| Show Notes \| Download (14.59 MB audio/mpeg)	768	04/10/2008
E08 Podcast: Digging Deep with P2P: Understanding Students' Media Habits Play \| Show Notes \| Download (11.16 MB audio/mpeg)	523	11/19/2008
Podcast: Don't Download This Panel - A Discussion of Peer-to-Peer Filesharing Play \| Show Notes \| Download (45.57 MB audio/mpeg)	491	04/22/2008
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
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)	116	07/28/2009

Blogs (32)

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

Title	Blogger	Posted	Views
URGENT CALL TO ACTION	Heidi Wachs, Georgetown University	07/20/2007	4,855
House Committee Holds Hearing on Filesharing on Campus	Heidi Wachs, Georgetown University	06/20/2007	2,960
URGENT CALL TO ACTION: Pending Illegal File Sharing Legislation Harmful to Higher Education	Catherine W. Yang, EDUCAUSE	11/10/2007	1,990
Urgent Call to Action: Pending Illegal File Sharing Legislation Harmful to Higher Education	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	10/08/2007	1,853
Proposed HEOA Regulations Issued for P2P Provisions	Steven Worona, EDUCAUSE	08/25/2009	1,706
Update on HEOA and P2P	Steven Worona, EDUCAUSE	07/02/2009	1,200
Final HEOA Regulations Issued for P2P Provisions	Steven Worona, EDUCAUSE	10/29/2009	929
EDUCAUSE Takes Action on Higher Education Act	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	07/31/2008	901
Expanded 7 Things Series Launches with P2P	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	03/26/2009	644
August 21: EDUCAUSE to Host Free Webcast on P2P Provisions in the Higher Education Reauthorization Act	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	08/15/2008	625
Everything I need to know I learned from Humphrey Bogart	Steven Worona, EDUCAUSE	11/04/2008	540
Advice to ISP's: Sign up for RIAA 101 at a college near you	Steven Worona, EDUCAUSE	12/29/2008	537
EDUCAUSE Prepares Joint Association Memo on P2P Provisions in the Higher Education Act	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	08/12/2008	504
Higher Education Act Reauthorization Steps Closer to Floor Consideration	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	07/30/2008	481
FCC Votes on the Comcast/BitTorrent Issue Tomorrow, and EDUCAUSE Enters the Fray	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	07/31/2008	456
Race for Broadband Grants: Department of Commerce will Begin Meeting with Interested Parties March 2	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	02/24/2009	454
Harvard Law Professor challenges the RIAA	Steven Worona, EDUCAUSE	10/30/2008	432
Urgent Call to Action on Higher Education Reauthorization Act	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	03/04/2008	400
EDUCAUSE Releases Statement on Unprecedented FCC Net Neutrality Ruling	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	08/01/2008	394
An Oldie from Nashville	Steven Worona, EDUCAUSE	11/18/2008	384
EDUCAUSE Holds Webcast on P2P Provisions in the Higher Education Act	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	08/21/2008	378
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	311
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	301
Reconnaissance Reports from Planet Teen	Steven Worona, EDUCAUSE	07/15/2009	284
Texas Beats Tennessee in Clue Bowl	Steven Worona, EDUCAUSE	02/25/2009	270

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