In piracy according to the RIAA.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070222-8900.html

Awesome!!!

2/22/2007 11:21:27 AM

Fuck the RIAA.

not because I support piracy, but because they're like a fucking mob.

2/22/2007 12:01:16 PM

haha, proud to do my part... I mean... I'm not saying anything!

2/22/2007 12:02:49 PM

Wow, I wonder why we're so notable in this area.

2/22/2007 12:10:34 PM

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"not because I support piracy, but because they're like a fucking mob."

that's been my stance

2/22/2007 12:29:07 PM

Go NCSU network infrastructure!

2/22/2007 12:33:53 PM

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" 1. Ohio University - 1,287 2. Purdue University - 1,068 3. University of Nebraska at Lincoln - 1,002 4. University of Tennessee at Knoxville - 959 5. University of South Carolina - 914 6. University of Massachusetts at Amherst - 897 7. Michigan State University - 753 8. Howard University - 572 9. North Carolina State University - 550 10. University of Wisconsin at Madison - 513 11. University of South Florida - 490 12. Syracuse University - 488 13. Northern Illinois University - 487 14. University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire - 473 15. Boston University - 470 16. Northern Michigan University - 457 17. Kent State University - 424 18. University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - 400 19. University of Texas at Austin - 371 20. North Dakota State University - 360 21. Indiana University - 353 22. Western Kentucky University - 353 23. Seton Hall University - 338 24. Arizona State University - 336 25. Marshall University - 331 "

RIT was the shit back in the day. Guess they got it under control.

2/22/2007 12:41:37 PM

I have terrible reading comprehension. I'm interpreting the list as the top 25 schools warned about piracy. The list ranks schools by notices sent. For all anyone knows there could be a whole host of schools that have more piracy but never get the notice.

Ah... from the article:

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"The list, the RIAA says, does not necessarily indicate which universities are the worst offenders, just the universities who have received the most notices."

Poorly titled article.

[Edited on February 22, 2007 at 1:15 PM. Reason : -]

2/22/2007 1:12:53 PM

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"Purdue, on the other hand (my not-so-proud alma mater for today), seems to be taking the "don't worry, be happy" approach to sitting pretty at the number two spot. The school almost never even notifies the students—of copyright infringement, or much of anything, in my experience. Purdue spokesman Steve Tally told the Associated Press, "In a sense, the (complaint) letter is asking us to pursue an investigation and as the service provider we don't see that as our role." This attitude expresses either extreme pompousness on Purdue's part or extreme ignorance. Is that not the whole reason why the RIAA cannot pursue potential infringers individually? The students are currently allowed to hide behind the ISP—in this case, the university—with the understanding that the ISP will investigate infringement accusations. If Purdue and any other schools who express this attitude don't feel the need to investigate, then they put themselves at risk of being sued by the RIAA."

aha. gg purdue.

2/22/2007 1:53:35 PM

I think thats a great tactic and a great service for the students. If the RIAA is serious, they'll bring a suit against Purdue, and I don't think the RIAA has the balls to go after anyone other than the little man.

If they are so brazen as to bring a suit, then all Purdue has to do is say "ok, in that case I guess we will try to cooperate" to free themselves of any trouble.


Fuck the RIAA.

2/22/2007 2:33:21 PM

i pay for all my music, it is only 10 cents but i still pay!!!

2/22/2007 4:03:48 PM

arent you just paying someone to steal it for you?

2/22/2007 4:26:12 PM

TVX

2/22/2007 4:33:56 PM

money grubbin fuckers...i think all these p2p applications have helped alot of musicians more than hurt them, they get their shit out and plus most artists only make like 10 cents a fucking cd. fuck RIAA and they arent gonna catch me downloadin dirty

2/22/2007 5:53:05 PM

i wish there was a way to track number of terabytes of pirated software/music/movies served. I think state could win that. or at least a few years ago it could have

2/22/2007 7:10:03 PM

Seeing TWW linked from Engadget is blowing my mind.

2/23/2007 12:12:49 AM

The real money is made in selling out concert tickets and those cheesy made in china crap you buy when you leave.

2/23/2007 12:56:40 AM

^^

2/23/2007 2:22:20 AM

how the fuck...

getting news from TWW is like getting stuff from BitTorrent - in the sense that only after all the mainstream places have it does it come here.

wonder how that happened.

2/23/2007 4:47:08 AM

So who has or knows someone who has gotten a notice? What happened with it?

2/23/2007 7:24:34 AM

^^ yeah, that's weird. So is someone on here an engadget editor? are we to believe that some engadget writer watches this site more closely than they watch arstechnica?

2/23/2007 8:10:29 AM

i found it...why wouldn't they jsut link the actual site that is linked in this thread?

[Edited on February 23, 2007 at 8:21 AM. Reason : poop]

2/23/2007 8:18:41 AM

http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/riaa-lists-top-25-universities-handing-out-piracy-notices/

2/23/2007 8:21:19 AM

the arstechnica site is linked at the bottom (see the Read link).. when they say [Via TDub] all that means is they found out about the article at TDub.

2/23/2007 9:33:17 AM

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"Seeing TWW linked from Engadget is blowing my mind."

2/23/2007 9:44:38 AM

second time in a week tdub has been linked on engadget. nice.

2/23/2007 10:43:46 AM

This is currently in the Digg Top 10, with 598 Diggs!

2/23/2007 12:26:04 PM

^^ what was the other one ?

[Edited on February 23, 2007 at 12:30 PM. Reason : ]

2/23/2007 12:29:38 PM

^ http://brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=461337

2/23/2007 12:42:37 PM

i'm pissed that we're below howard.

2/23/2007 1:07:43 PM

Putting Our Money Where Our Mouths Are: Boycott the RIAA in March
http://tinyurl.com/3yuwlh

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"With that in mind, Gizmodo is declaring the month of March Boycott the RIAA month. We want to get the word out to as many people as humanly possible that we can all send a message by refusing to buy any album put out by an RIAA label. Am I saying you should start pirating music? Not at all. You can continue to support the artists you enjoy and respect in a number of ways."

2/23/2007 7:50:59 PM

its all fucking propoganda

believe nothing

2/24/2007 12:24:08 AM

whats going on with WASTE

2/24/2007 12:48:00 AM

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"8. Howard University - 572"

THIS LIST IS A SHAM


EVERYBODY KNOWS NEGROES DONT USE COMPUTERS

2/24/2007 3:34:51 PM

OBAMA IS GOING TO CHANGE ALL THAT, OKAY?

2/24/2007 3:53:15 PM

you guys should see some of the replies we got back when we sent out the copyright violation notices.

(i used to work for ITD/resnet here at state)

there was one on my boss's door that said "sorry, i did not mean to download the mentioned Harry Potter movie, i was actually trying to download pornographic material."

needless to say, he got off with a warning. literally.

3/3/2007 10:50:50 AM

I'm disappointed in the campus residents ... seriously if you're gonna make the MPAA's list, at least make it into the top 10! Now it just looks like you weren't trying hard enough.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070402-mpaa-names-its-top-25-movie-piracy-schools.html

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" 1. Columbia University - 1,198 2. University of Pennsylvania - 934 3. Boston University - 891 4. University of California at Los Angeles - 889 5. Purdue University - 873 6. Vanderbilt University - 860 7. Duke University - 813 8. Rochester Institute of Technology - 792 9. University of Massachusetts - 765 10. University of Michigan - 740 11. University of California at Santa Cruz - 714 12. University of Southern California - 704 13. University of Nebraska at Lincoln - 637 14. North Carolina State University - 636 15. Iowa State University - 586 16. University of Chicago - 575 17. University of Rochester - 562 18. Ohio University - 550 19. University of Tennessee - 527 20. Michigan State University - 506 21. Virginia Polytechnic Institute - 457 22. Drexel University - 455 23. University of South Florida - 447 24. Stanford University - 405 25. University of California at Berkeley - 398 "

[Edited on April 2, 2007 at 2:24 AM. Reason : .]

4/2/2007 2:23:26 AM

I wonder how we fare after they normalize them to citations/student on the campus network.

4/2/2007 2:46:01 AM

^^ Ivy League say WHAT

4/2/2007 6:37:16 AM

Would NCSU get on my case for copyright infringement for downloading a show put out by the BBC?

4/2/2007 7:06:36 AM

only if the copyright holder sends us a notification asking us to get on your case.

4/2/2007 7:45:23 AM

Hmm....
I believe I'll play it safe and get it in the apartment off campus.

4/2/2007 9:47:36 AM

Haha she's the ResNet Coordinator for ITD.
Ms. Levow is there any way you can route ResNet to my apartment so I don't have to deal with a shitty internet connection anymore?!? ResNet was the one saving grace about living in the dorms.

4/2/2007 9:49:56 AM

i read an article either last week or the one before where the University of Nebraksa was going to send a BILL to the RIAA for time spent on dealing with them

lololololol

4/2/2007 1:39:08 PM

I posted that link in the RIAA thread.

4/2/2007 1:42:05 PM

4/2/2007 1:48:17 PM