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May
1
IU Gets Spike Of RIAA Notices
Filed Under education, Indiana University, internet | 2 Comments
IU Official Says Info Doesn’t Match
Wired reports that Indiana University — as well as other universities around the midwest — are getting a lot of copyright infringement notices from the RIAA, but that the information contained in the notices doesn’t match what university computer records show.
Indiana University says that starting on April 21, the Recording Industry Association of America began sending 80 legal notices a day to the university, under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Typically, the university handles less than 100 such notices a month from the RIAA, the Motion Picture Association of America and HBO combined.
The DMCA notices include information about a specific IP address, file sharing protocol and named infringing file.
Indiana University’s tech staff routinely compare those details against the university’s logs to make sure that the allegations are accurate, according to Mark Bruhn, an associate vice president of IU’s information technology department.
But many of the recent notices don’t correspond to entries in traffic logs, which also don’t show any overall increase in file sharing, Bruhn said.
It’s interesting that Indiana University’s computer logs don’t match the information contained in the allegations of copyright violations.
Feb
21
Opportunity Knocks At IU
Filed Under entertainment, Indiana University | Comments Off
I remember thinking the same thing when I was attending school at Indiana University Bloomington. What is there to do besides see a movie, go out to Kilroys, or a house party in Bloomington?
Jacob Levin writes about the need for something to do in Bloomington that doesn’t involve bar hopping.
This is a golden opportunity, if someone can figure out what will appeal to college students at a Big 10 school.
The worst part is, this was all supposed to resemble fun. Gradually, I’m learning I’m not alone. I’m learning that people who can’t successfully con themselves into believing the hype are increasingly looking for something to do on the weekend that doesn’t consciously suck. And when some entrepreneur finally realizes the demand among IU students who aren’t bar hopping, there will be a renaissance.
