U of Tennessee Blocked P2P Sites Before RIAA Law | Linux Today

U of Tennessee Blocked P2P Sites Before RIAA Law

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 21, 2008

“Remember, Tennessee is the home of Nashville, country music,
and Elvis. Some of the music industry’s largest music publishers
are based there. Some schools were apparently eager to comply with
copyright protection. The University of Tennessee at Knoxville
began blocking access to BitTorrent and file-sharing sites for
possibly the last month, said D.J. Donahue, a graduate research
assistant at the school.

“”I have been unable to access any torrent or P2P sites for
several weeks, and there was an e-mail sent to students about it,”
Donahue told CNET News.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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