Read this article in today's Northern Star if you are still curious about how our university responds to filesharing. I find this section rather interesting:

The MPAA is trying to get legislation passed that would pressure universities to police their own networks – something that would be unmanageable, he said.

“The MPAA has been consistently trying to get [universities’] funding changed,” he said. “For some reason, they’ve decided we are weak.”

In addition to the MPAA and the RIAA targeting individuals, ITS, on rare occasions, will disable a student’s Internet access if they see suspicious activity, Czerniak said.

“If we detect an inordinate amount of activity on a particular IP, we may go shut it down,” Czerniak said. “We then contact the student and see what’s going on. It may or may not have to do with copyright issues.”


I'm writing a letter.
/jb