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Thursday, April 18, 2002
http://www.uwiretoday.com/computing041702001.html Peer-to-peer programs tax campus network Nicholas Ptacek, The Daily Cardinal (U. Wisconsin) (U-WIRE) MADISON, Wis. -- It has been hard to avoid the deluge of news covering the ongoing battle between the major record companies and the makers of peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing programs such as Kazaa and Napster. With the advent of faster Internet connections, P2P is gaining popularity, causing headaches for network administrators. While the battle over potential copyright violations springing from the use of P2P file-sharing makes the headlines regularly, the drama played out on college campuses across the country is less widely understood. Here, the contention is between students who want to use their fast campus network connections to swap files and network administrators who need to cut down on bandwidth use....
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