Re: GAO Peer2Peer survey

[Rodney Petersen <rpetersen () EDUCAUSE EDU>]

If anyone has any specific questions about the GAO survey I would be
happy to address them.   
 
In summary, 100 institutions were selected as part of a sample.  The
letter from the GAO explains: "At the request of the Chairman and
Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and
Intellectual Property, Committee on the Judiciary, House of
Representatives, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is
conducting a study of how colleges and universities are addressing the
use of peer-to-peer software on their networks."  It is most likely that
the results will be part of a subsequent Congressional hearing and
EDUCAUSE will participate and report on the outcome.
 
This is the second time that the GAO has issued a study of P2P
filesharing at colleges and universities.  The earlier report (May 2004)
can be found at http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/CSD3215.pdf
 
-Rodney

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From: Tom Siu [mailto:thomas.siu () CASE EDU] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 4:38 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] GAO Peer2Peer survey


Has anybody on the list had the opportunity to address the GAO survey 

https://websurveys.gao.gov/filesharing/

The GAO had to send your institution the survey invitation.  

If so, perhaps you could share any speculation of the source cause for
this survey.  My guess is that lobbying of Congress is 
at the root of a new direction in DMCA direction.

Thanks,
Tom

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   Tom Siu                             
   Chief Information Security Officer
   Case
   thomas.siu () case edu
   www.case.edu/its
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