http://dcfischer.blogs.plymouth.edu/2006/08/14/file-sharing-cut-it-out/ Notes from the former CIO of Plymouth State University Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:06:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://dcfischer.blogs.plymouth.edu/2006/08/14/file-sharing-cut-it-out/comment-page-1/#comment-48595 Dwight Fischer, Plymouth State University » Blog Archive » Students Receive Subpoenas for File Sharing Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:17:10 +0000 http://dcfischer.blogs.plymouth.edu/2006/08/14/file-sharing-cut-it-out/#comment-48595 [...] PSU does not condone or support file sharing. It is wrong and illegal. [...] [...] PSU does not condone or support file sharing. It is wrong and illegal. [...]

]]> http://dcfischer.blogs.plymouth.edu/2006/08/14/file-sharing-cut-it-out/comment-page-1/#comment-47379 Dwight Fischer, Plymouth State University » Blog Archive » Students paying big bucks in penalties for sharing music files Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:31:13 +0000 http://dcfischer.blogs.plymouth.edu/2006/08/14/file-sharing-cut-it-out/#comment-47379 [...] Regardless of what you think of the tactic or the music industry, they mean business. If you are using a music file sharing software and you’re sharing those files with others, you are vulnerable. PSU does not condone or support file sharing. It is wrong and illegal. [...] [...] Regardless of what you think of the tactic or the music industry, they mean business. If you are using a music file sharing software and you’re sharing those files with others, you are vulnerable. PSU does not condone or support file sharing. It is wrong and illegal. [...]

]]> http://dcfischer.blogs.plymouth.edu/2006/08/14/file-sharing-cut-it-out/comment-page-1/#comment-12106 Zach Tue, 15 Aug 2006 00:55:27 +0000 http://dcfischer.blogs.plymouth.edu/2006/08/14/file-sharing-cut-it-out/#comment-12106 I find it entertaining that the recording industry spends as much effort as they do policing and restricting the file sharing on the internet when if they just appropriately monetized it (see iTunes) they'd effectively counter most piracy merely by providing a more useful and convenient service. Who's buying CDs? How much longer will DVDs be popular? Immediate web delivered content and media is what people desire, turn pirates into customers as well as pulling in the less knowledgeable end-users and they'll make more than they lose to piracy without trouble. I find it entertaining that the recording industry spends as much effort as they do policing and restricting the file sharing on the internet when if they just appropriately monetized it (see iTunes) they’d effectively counter most piracy merely by providing a more useful and convenient service. Who’s buying CDs? How much longer will DVDs be popular? Immediate web delivered content and media is what people desire, turn pirates into customers as well as pulling in the less knowledgeable end-users and they’ll make more than they lose to piracy without trouble.

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