P2P File Sharing - 324 Resources

Overview
Publications (225)
Presentations (54)
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 (225)

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
EPO0740	Music Industry Issues Another Litigation Threat To Students Interviews/Podcasts/Videos	EDUCAUSE Policy Office	08/21/2007	3,892
CSD2898	New bill injects FBI into P2P battle David Becker Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	3,810
CSD3215	File Sharing: Selected Universities Report Taking Action to Reduce Copyright Infringement GAO Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	3,764
CSD2925	Uni staff PCs scanned for MP3s Kate Mackenzie Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	3,703
CSD2924	EFF urges RIAA to change legal tune Jefferson Graham Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	3,681
ERM0345	P2P and MP3s: Staying Out of the Middle Wayne D. Powell, Wayne B. Powell Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	01/01/2003	3,671
CSD2952	Music industry discloses some methods used to track downloaders Associated Press Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	3,631
CSD2994	Florida Dorms Lock Out P2P Users Katie Dean Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	3,606
CSD2932	Court blocks some file-trading subpoenas John Borland Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	3,540
CSD3733	Copyright and Digital Media in a Post-Napster World: 2005 Update GartnerG2 and The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2005	3,482
CSD2954	College File Swapping: Making the Illegal, Legal? Roy Mark Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	3,477
CSD2904	Legal Group Spites RIAA, Defends P2P Michael Singer Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	3,424
CSD3855	Can 9 Million Skype Users Be Wrong? Simson Garfinkel Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2005	3,411
CSD3084	One File Swapper, One Lawsuit Katie Dean Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Contributions	01/01/2004	3,308
CSD2953	Judge: File-swapping tools are legal John Borland Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	3,303
CSD5127	Why File Sharing Networks Are Dangerous Dan McGuire, M. Eric Johnson, and Nicholas D. Willey Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	09/10/2007	3,262
CSD3648	Another Appeals Court Rejects Copyright Subpoenas AP Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2005	3,225
CSD2941	School Blocks Out File-Trading Katie Dean Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	3,180
CSD3243	Pirates, Sharks and Moral Crusaders: Social Control in Peer–to–Peer Networks Jörgen S. Svensson and Frank Bannister Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	3,150
CSD5089	RIAA v. The People: Four Years Later Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	08/29/2007	3,108
CSD3412	US House Passes Bill Targeting Net Song Swappers Andy Sullivan Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Contributions	01/01/2004	3,009
EPO0417	On Hand Tools and Federal Legislation Blog Steve Worona Blogs	EDUCAUSE Policy Office	01/01/2004	2,987
NET0318	Testimony in Front of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Pornography, Technology, and Process: Problems and Stephen Hess Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Policy Office	01/01/2003	2,917
CSD3469	Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004: An Interview with John Hughes and Jennifer M. Rich of Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP Jiminy C. Twu Interviews/Podcasts/Videos	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,914
CSD3472	Justice Dept. wants new antipiracy powers Declan McCullagh Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,901

Presentations (54)

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
EDU06317	IT Policy in Higher Education: Now a Presidential Concern Terry W. Hartle Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/10/2006	2,454
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	2,453
EDU05028	Technology as a Learning Workbench Betty Collis Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/19/2005	2,359
POL07002	The Year in Review Tracy Mitrano Presentations/Speeches	Policy (Archives)	05/16/2007	2,246
EDU06276	LionShare: Secure P2P Collaboration for Academic Networks Michael Halm Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/11/2006	2,097
LIVE0623	Copyright Infringement from the Inside: Student Perspectives on Music Piracy Ross Housewright Presentations/Speeches	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	01/01/2006	2,077
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	1,913
MWR07041	From Soup to Nuts: Copyright, Social Networking Technologies, and Electronic Surveillance Tracy Mitrano Presentations/Speeches	Midwest Regional	03/14/2007	1,783
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	1,682
WSE0801	P2P and the Higher Education Reauthorization Act: Next Steps Terry W. Hartle Presentations and Seminars	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	08/21/2008	1,330
LIVE084	Update on Key U.S. Copyright Developments James G. Neal Presentations/Speeches	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	02/29/2008	1,209
EDU07254	The 2007 Campus Computing Survey Kenneth C. Green Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/23/2007	992
E08_47570	P2P War Stories: Tales from the Trenches Christine E. Haile, Jean L. Boland, Tracy Mitrano, and Joseph Storch Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/29/2008	741
E08_47603	Cyber Ethics: A Values-Based Approach Kevin P. Lynch Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/31/2008	727
LIVE0723	Swiftboating Higher Education on P2P: Why Higher Education Is Not the Real Problem, and Technology Is Not the Real Solution Kenneth C. Green Presentations/Speeches	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	12/07/2007	709
E08_47607	P2P Provisions in the New Higher Education Act: What It Means for Your Campus Steven L. Worona Presentations and Seminars	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/31/2008	652
EDU07228	Researching P2P Activity: What Students Say Versus What They Really Do David Greenfield, Cheryl Asper Elzy, Mark S. Walbert, and Warren S. Arbogast Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/23/2007	644
LIVE095	Choruss: A New Business Model for Digital Music Jim Griffin Presentations/Speeches	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	03/03/2009	641
E08_47582	Policy and Law Steven L. Worona and Tracy Mitrano Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/29/2008	607
E08_47568	Digging Deep with P2P: Understanding Students' Media Habits Alexandre M. Mateus, David Greenfield, Mark S. Walbert, and Warren S. Arbogast Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/30/2008	590
E09_175976	Seminar 01P - An EDUCAUSE Update on Peer-to-Peer File Sharing: Requirements, Options, and the Future Steven Worona Presentations and Seminars	EDUCAUSE Annual	11/03/2009	443
WRC08029	Don't Download This Panel Greg DePriest, Kenneth C. Green, and Fred von Lohmann Presentations/Speeches	Western Regional conferences	03/31/2008	383
SER08012	P2P: Issues, Options, and Responses Steven L. Worona Presentations/Speeches	Southeast Regional	06/02/2008	379
LIVE082	Legal Threats, Chilling Effects, and Warming the Air Wendy Seltzer Presentations/Speeches	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	01/23/2008	366
WRC08028	Up Against the Firewall Brenda Laurel and Rob Tow Presentations/Speeches	Western Regional conferences	03/31/2008	364

Policies (4)

Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views
CSD1869	Desktop System Security Policies and Procedures	Community Recommendation	01/01/2002	5,501
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	4,133
CSD3200	Copyrighted music, film, video files: Are they illegal to have on my computer? Policies and Procedures	Community Recommendation	01/01/2005	3,620
CSD5051	CU-Boulder Procedures on File Sharing Policies and Procedures	Community Recommendation	08/16/2007	3,316

Podcasts (13)

Name	Views	Post date
E2005 Podcast: Higher Education and the Knowledge Economy Play \| Show Notes \| Download (21.65 MB audio/mpeg)	6,060	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
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
House Passes the HEA Conference Report	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	07/31/2008	210
Competing with free again again	Steven Worona, EDUCAUSE	10/14/2008	190
NPRM Released! P2P Regulations Consistent with Rulemaking Team’s Agreed Language	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	08/21/2009	158
October 29, 2009: Department of Education Issues Final HEOA Regulations	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	11/03/2009	132
August 21, 2009: NPRM Dealing in Part with P2P Provisions in the Higher Education Opportunity Act	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	08/21/2009	123
Tune In November 23: Complying with P2P Mandates in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008	Peggy Kurkowski, EDUCAUSE	11/19/2009	85

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