Movie, Music Industries Target File-Sharing on Internal Campus Networks

Washington, DC -- The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) this week launched an anti-piracy campaign against file-sharing on college campuses, targeting students using local area networks (LAN) and software such as Direct Connect, MyTunes and Our Tunes. The entertainment industry trade groups sent letters to 40 university presidents in 25 states, alerting them of LAN piracy problems and "encouraging immediate action to stop and prevent theft by such means." Software such as MyTunes and Our Tunes was developed by independent programmers to allow sharing of songs within Apple's iTunes over a local network. The RIAA and MPAA said that blocking and filtering devices are available to help administrators restrict the inappropriate uses of campus networks. 
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