Re: DMCA Notices

[Thomas Carter <tcarter () AUSTINCOLLEGE EDU>]

We block P2P as well, but I was curious about those who got pushback on it. Were legitimate use cases presented, or was 
it more of a “reducing our freedom” type of argument? I realize there are some actual legal uses, but a vast majority 
of the use cases I have seen are generally just alternatives to existing methods. I wanted to be better prepared for 
the day we get pushback as well.

Thomas Carter
Network & Operations Manager
Austin College



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Robert
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The DMCA is a legal notice and held hard to the block.  We did work with a few to get an alternate solution, but we 
found the ones that really wanted a solution were few.

Robert W. Barton
Director of Information Security
Lewis University
One University Parkway
Romeoville, IL  60446-2200
815-836-5663

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How are you blocking Bittorrent when it has some academic uses?  We blocked it and the faculty revolted, so it’s open 
again so we use the Net Equalizer to limit the number of connections in and outbound.

We have the PA 5050 and it will classify (best guess) as to what it thinks could be flagged by the RIAA, but then again 
there’s quite a few false positives.  What do you do when faculty/staff have a legitimate argument to use torrents?

Shayne
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We had maybe a dozen last year but have not had a single one since we put a Palo Alto device inline between our 
internal network and our border devices and configured a rule to block bittorrent traffic.

Richard Applebee
Network Architect
V (909) 469-5662
F (909) 706-3460
Western University of Health Sciences

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Patrick
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Subject: [SECURITY] DMCA Notices

A question has come up about DMCA notices in our outside audit.  We know how many we received in the last fiscal year 
but the auditors are wondering about how many other institutions of higher education are receiving on an annual basis.  
If any on you have an annualized number you can share, I would appreciate it.  If you would like, send it off line.

Thanks.

Patrick J. Feehan
Information Security and Data Privacy Officer
Montgomery College
Patrick.feehan () montgomerycollege edu<mailto:Patrick.feehan () montgomerycollege edu>



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