Re: Music Etc

["Scholz, Greg" <gscholz () KEENE EDU>]

I think everyone has agreed that downloading from a site does not yet
trigger a DMCA notice it is the sharing it out to others that is found
by them. In fact all the ones we have state: "We believe a user on your
network is offering an infringing sound recording for download through a
peer to peer application."

 

So no matter where your user got it from, if we (you) trust the RIAA,
MPAA, etc methods for detection, then they obviously shared it back out
to others...maybe with that great software that musicetc gives its
subscribers.  Thus one of the biggest discussions about the problems
with P2P software - you don't know what it is doing to/for you aside
from your desired intend to download/retrieve stuff from others.

 

So the user very likely did not deliberately distribute it back out but
the only way to be sure she did not actually do it inadvertently is if
she is intimately familiar with all the software on her computer and
ensured no file sharing programs could see any of her music and
inadvertently share it out.

 

_________________________

Thank you,

Gregory R. Scholz

Director of Telecommunications

Information Technology Group

Keene State College

(603)358-2070

 

--Lead, follow, or get out of the way. 

(author unknown)

 

 

 

 

From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Theresa Rowe
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 11:57 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Music Etc

 

Interesting - I'm working on this based on the student's explanation,
and it certainly looks like musicetc.com is the correct site.  She
insists she did not redistribute, and has gone to lengths to write this
in a letter and sign it.  But it appears to be peer-to-peer and likely
it is just the accessibility that triggered the complaint.

I appreciate responses and hints on this - just never saw this one
before.

Theresa

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 8:00 AM, Theresa Rowe <rowe () oakland edu> wrote:

Hi,
With all the talk of music and copyright, have any of you dealt with
Music, Etc.?  
http://www.musicetc.org/

In the flurry of notices received at year end, one of our students
received a copyright notice for music downloaded from this site.  She
was told by friends it was a legit site, and when I look at it, I can
see why the students would believe that to be true.  

There's another site that suggests that Music Etc is a scam, but the
scam warning looks less official than the Music Etc site:
http://www.topmusicservices.org/mp3downloadscams.html?tid=04awlllMusicEt
c


The student cannot remove Music Etc from her computer until we've
unblocked her network access, so it is a bit complicated for students to
undo.


-- 
Theresa Rowe
Chief Information Officer
rowe () oakland edu
Oakland University

-- 
Theresa Rowe
Chief Information Officer
rowe () oakland edu
Oakland University 




-- 
Theresa Rowe
Chief Information Officer
rowe () oakland edu
Oakland University