Purdue University Launches P2P Network to Bypass RIAA
Written by Mike on April 15, 2008College students have always had the dubious distinction of being easy marks in the target against P2P file sharing. As of February 2007, the RIAA has dispatched thirteen new waves of litigation letters against U.S. University students in their ‘deterrence’ campaign aimed at more than 5,000 students. But one University is fighting back – albeit very quietly – and that’s Purdue.
Notoriously known for their aggressive pro-piracy stance and prolific file sharing, Purdue has never been one to fly under the RIAA radar. Perched at #2 on the all-time piracy “badass” list, they’re no strangers to RIAA’s threats, and students are continuously under attack in these personal litigation “waves”.
The RIAA threats are in large part due to the uncooperativeness of their Internet provider to assist in RIAA’s ‘nip it in the bud’ approach to thwarting music piracy at the school level. Not to be intimidated, however, Purdue has fired up their own P2P file-sharing “intranet” from behind the walls of their campus ISP. Dubbed ‘Dtella‘ (from DC + Gnutella).
A Purdue student wrote on the CollegeOTR.com blog: “Maybe Purdue can’t beat other schools’ music scenes, frat-house parties, hot girls, and what not, but at least we’ve got them beat in the piracy department. After all, we are the #2 school in music piracy as noted by the RIAA.”
The filesharing network accomplishes two things:
1. It alleviates ‘bandwidth capping’ commonly imposed on all traffic that leaves the University’s intranet. When a file sharing program is self-contained within the ISP itself, there are usually no limitations to how much data can be transferred, and users are free to share huge amounts of files at high speeds. Currently, Purdue uses Resnet as their ISP which limits the daily traffic to a modest 5GB.
2. Even more important, it keeps the P2P traffic off the Internet, which in turn is advantageous for keeping file transfers out of the prying eyes of the RIAA or other anti-piracy organizations.
There’s nothing new about campuses using their “intranet” to share files, although it is relatively uncommon for one to take it a step further by setting up their own secure P2P network. This is simply a response to the RIAA threats and the countless ruined lives through pointless RIAA litigation.
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It seems odd that shout about it though, but good for them!
I still wonder why musicians get to keep bing paid for their work when I only get paid once!
Nice to know.
[quote comment="347613"]It seems odd that shout about it though, but good for them!
I still wonder why musicians get to keep bing paid for their work when I only get paid once![/quote]
They Shouldn’t have made a site about it if they wanted it to be a secret.
Great idea btw
This is nothing unusual. I know many schools that have private on-campus DC hubs.
There are also several schools that use networks such as WASTE that are harder to monitor and shut down.
I would love to be releasing stuff on that network, I would be so popular.. lol.
so cool purdue is looking like a really good option, number 2 school in piracy! I may be transferring there
I thought basically every school had a DC++ hub…this is not news.
I saw a post on What? that showed a url to a University-only tracker. It might’ve been Minnesota Uni or something. They blocked all IPs from it (it was a BT tracker) except from MU. Pretty cool.
So there is a P2P that hasn’t been updated in over a year, a RIAA list that was compiled 14 months ago and a “recent” blog post from August … what is this, time travel appreciatiton day? :)
[quote comment="347643"]I thought basically every school had a DC++ hub…this is not news.[/quote]
This is more than a DC++ hub
owned
how about an intranet tracker for torrents
I doubt that Purdue set up the network, like the article says. This is likely little more than a student run effort. And now that it’s public knowledge, the university will be obligated to take measures against it. For a site that supports piracy, this one is really hurting the cause.
[quote comment="347672"]I doubt that Purdue set up the network, like the article says. This is likely little more than a student run effort. And now that it’s public knowledge, the university will be obligated to take measures against it. For a site that supports piracy, this one is really hurting the cause.[/quote]
Agreed. Take the article down and leave us alone.
Yes. This knowledge will do nothing but hurt your cause.
[quote comment="347676"][quote comment="347672"]I doubt that Purdue set up the network, like the article says. This is likely little more than a student run effort. And now that it’s public knowledge, the university will be obligated to take measures against it. For a site that supports piracy, this one is really hurting the cause.[/quote]
Agreed. Take the article down and leave us alone.[/quote]
agreed
[quote comment="347619"]They Shouldn’t have made a site about it if they wanted it to be a secret.[/quote]
[quote comment="347676"][quote comment="347672"]I doubt that Purdue set up the network, like the article says. This is likely little more than a student run effort. And now that it’s public knowledge, the university will be obligated to take measures against it. For a site that supports piracy, this one is really hurting the cause.[/quote]
Agreed. Take the article down and leave us alone.[/quote]
I agree with both comments. You were even asked polity to please not report on this during your research. Thanks for honoring those requests. Any press is bad press.
This article fails. Exposing p2p networks and titling your article “to bypass RIAA” not only defeats the purpose of a “silent” network, but challenges the RIAA to shut it down. Great work.
[quote comment="347686"][quote comment="347676"][quote comment="347672"]I doubt that Purdue set up the network, like the article says. This is likely little more than a student run effort. And now that it’s public knowledge, the university will be obligated to take measures against it. For a site that supports piracy, this one is really hurting the cause.[/quote]
Agreed. Take the article down and leave us alone.[/quote]
agreed[/quote]
Seconded.
Why do you pick one campus network to talk about? I think it’s only fair that you run a frontpage article for each of the hundreds of other schools with similar networks.
Once again, great job torrenfreak.
What seems to be the big deal here folks? With regards to the report here. If its all in house, surely (not shirely) theres no cause for litigation from the RIAA muppets. If there was cause, then ah suppose playing your music with the room door open is also a no-no!!Hell what about taking your fav cd to the guy/gal in the next room?
As the scousers would say “CALM DOWN LAD”
The article is poorly worded and is challenging the RIAA to act upon Purdue. The author must have some reason to hate Purdue
this is not the kind of publicity we need
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“I still wonder why musicians get to keep bing paid for their work when I only get paid once!”
They get paid ONCE, when you buy their album. That’s it.
Yeh. THANKS.
This article is filled with lies.
dtella is a gecko, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehyra
We’ve been keeping pretty quiet about this since Dtella came out. Why the hell did you take it upon yourselves to publicize it to hell? It’s on a public site so students can find it, not so torrenting sites can expose us and cause more RIAA problems than we already have. Thanks a lot.
Highly inaccurate. Take this down both for the sake of journalistic integrity and to avoid screwing over dtella.
Pretty damn amusing how these idiots are bitching about this article and how some secret was just revealed when the file sharing project is selling t-shirts with their name on it. http://wiki.dtella.org/wiki/Dtella:Shirt_Order
Purdue is not responsible for Dtella.
The article also makes the assumption that what is shared is copyrighted material, which cannot be proven. Purdue does not monitor in-network traffic so there is nothing more than suspicion and hearsay on the RIAA’s side.
As a student at Purdue University, I would like you to consider taking this article down. Let us be!
[quote comment="347764"]Pretty damn amusing how these idiots are bitching about this article and how some secret was just revealed when the file sharing project is selling t-shirts with their name on it. http://wiki.dtella.org/wiki/Dtella:Shirt_Order/quote
Aye, pretty stupid people waving it around, making merchandice then someone >>BLOGG<< about it and wow the “secret” is all exposed oh noez!1
If true its so stupid and idiotic it deserved to be “exposed”…..
Not Even Torrent Files!1
Wow, what a d-bag. You just destroyed one of the best things about purdue. A network of true freedom and you shat on it.
[quote comment="347787"][quote comment="347764"]Pretty damn amusing how these idiots are bitching about this article and how some secret was just revealed when the file sharing project is selling t-shirts with their name on it. http://wiki.dtella.org/wiki/Dtella:Shirt_Order/quote
Aye, pretty stupid people waving it around, making merchandice then someone >>BLOGG<< about it and wow the “secret” is all exposed oh noez!1
If true its so stupid and idiotic it deserved to be “exposed”…..
Not Even Torrent Files!1[/quote]
Because wearing shirts around a college campus (and the shirts dont say “We circumvent the RIAA” in giant letters) is equivalent to posting something on the internet for all to see
Go away torrentfreak
[quote comment="347672"]I doubt that Purdue set up the network, like the article says. This is likely little more than a student run effort. And now that it’s public knowledge, the university will be obligated to take measures against it. For a site that supports piracy, this one is really hurting the cause.[/quote]
It is a student-run effort. The University is not a fan of Dtella and will shut down people’s Internet access if they eating up too much bandwidth while using Dtella… It happened to a guy in my hall here…
This article does really hurt the cause, and will force Purdue to do something about it… Thanks a lot TorrentFreak…
They really should also clarify who set up this client… It’s a complete untruth to say that the University set it up to get around the RIAA…
You said it best…
[quote comment="347788"]Wow, what a d-bag. You just destroyed one of the best things about purdue. A network of true freedom and you shat on it.[/quote]
The inaccuracy of this article are appalling. If you are going to write an article and throw a group like this into the spotlight, at least know what you are talking about.
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#1 – the above guy is a fucktard.
#2 – C’mon, Mike – where’s your rebuttal? No? Thought not.
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Fuckin’ n00bs…
“Notoriously known for their aggressive pro-piracy stance and prolific file sharing, Purdue[...]”
PPOSTFU, ‘Mike’
hrmm this is meant to be news? universities in Australia have been doing this for years?
You should be studying anyway.
You should be having a cock rammed up your ass anyway.
[quote comment="347838"]You should be having a cock rammed up your ass anyway.[/quote]
im sure he rams the cocks up there in his free time all by his wittle self
Kick ass.
Boring, WASTE has been around since 2003. We use it at our university and have for several years now.
Except that WASTE has way more overhead than a DC based network does.
If the network is underground, it definitely shouldn’t be revealed; that’s not cool.
On the other hand, it sucks that we have to be so scared of the mafIAA that we can’t even talk about important projects.
The project was revealed; its a voluntary student-driven beta-test of a potential file sharing program to be utilized at the discretion of students; there is nothing wrong with that.
There is, however, something wrong with the internet being a filtered, censored wasteland where over and over corporate interests demonstrate their complete control over what information the public is allowed to have and what information the public is not allowed to have.
I am not a communist, and I do believe in supporting and PAYING the creators of any work which is worthy of being paid for; however, it is entirely plausible to do so and not sensor the internet. This is not the case.
Idealistically, not only is file-sharing a minor offense, it is completely insignificant a crime compared to the complete and total control of the internet by corporate and government interest; and any condemnation over “file-sharing” should IMMEDIATELY be over-ridden with the infinitely more important condemnation of COMPLETE control of every form of media by corporate and government interests!!!
Practically, a lot of universities run, err, internal networks; Purdue is not alone.
Lots of students share files and receive no long term effects.
File-sharing does not equal theft, and without an immoral invasion of privacy isn’t [okay, that was idealistic, sorry].
But, your University has stood up for you, especially in the past; that is rare! Thank them! Tactfully worded, but they are your best line of defense against these retarded mafIAA dinosaurs.
The RMDs are realizing they are failing: they’ve switched to DRM-free, cut contributions to pirate hunters, have lost court cases against defendents and their pirate-hunters are being kicked out of every state in America and Europe.
I hope you are not completely f*cked over; realize that the RMDs are taking damage year after year for screwing over customers; and we support you. Hey, maybe try out WASTE?
Peace.
University of Toronto’s been doing this for years.
Yeah go write a stupid article outing the University of Toronto, or all the Australian colleges, or any number that seem to want publicity, leave Purdue alone, they obviously didn’t appreciate this.
Go Purdue! Great work guys!
[quote comment="347885"]University of Toronto’s been doing this for years.[/quote]
Dtella doesn’t require a central DC Hub which is why it’s better. It’s completely decentralized.
I dont see what the big deal is. If they have a web site, what is a little more traffic from people talking about it?
Good for Purdue, but this is not news to me the University of Victoria has has been running a hub for years!
From their website it doesnt look like DTella is a hub though. It appears to be completely decentralized and has no need for a server to run it. Sounds pretty cool. I hope my school uses something like this.
[quote comment="347788"]Wow, what a d-bag. You just destroyed one of the best things about purdue. A network of true freedom and you shat on it.[/quote]
Put down the crackpipe, son.
Dtella wasn’t a secret to begin with.
It’s power to bypass the RIAA doesn’t come from its existence going unknown, it comes from the fact that it’s a private fucking intranet. Whether or not it’s newsworthy, TorrentFreak ruined *jack shit* by writing an article about it.
Educate yourself, please.
some fucktard at RIAA has to enroll in Purdue now to crack some heads.
Hell it’s no secret that people share music. I do. What’s your problem those knocking the article? Posting here also increases awareness. Did you ever think that it might encourage other schools to do the same thing, which would be good, and a helluva lot safer for all the poor students who are at risk of being done over by the thugs.
This has nothing to do with torrents nor is it related to torrents, why is it here?
We here at Carnegie Mellon also have dtella up an running, and have for quite a while. Other schools do to, and it is nothing new.
DC++ (with hubs) has been used in campus specific configurations for years before the distributed hub technique that the dtella daemon provides.
If you want to join a beta and get good quality and legal videos you can try out Kazam at http://www.kazam.com/ you’ll need to be in a university network which is multicast enabled. Purdue students should be able to receive content.
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Then stop coming to TF to read the articles Tard :P
Fight the power…………yeaaaaaaaaa
I for one think this article is a good thing. It will let more colleges know about Purdue’s network and hopeflly we can modify their code to work at our school too
Way to go Purdue! Keep it up!
heres hoping the RIAA break into the system then get sued for millions for hacking
“As of February 2007, the RIAA has…”
Do you mean as of Feb 2008?
[quote comment="348023"]Posting here also increases awareness.[/quote]
and now thanks to this article the RIAA may be aware of this DC++ network and will begin to pressure Purdue to shut it down, I fail to see where this is a good thing…
If the best thing about your university is the fucking file sharing, it’s time to transfer.
Also, file sharing over campus intranet = nothing new, so not news.
[quote comment="348206"]If the best thing about your university is the fucking file sharing, it’s time to transfer.[/quote]
Also, apparantly I fail at quoting. That was to #35, Mr. “You just destroyed one of the best things about purdue.”
“Also, file sharing over campus intranet = nothing new, so not news.”
This appears to not be your run of the mill campus file sharing network. It is completely serverless and supposedly cannot be shutdown (according to their site)
[quote comment="348071"][quote comment="347725"]anoter epic fail article brought to you by TF[/quote]
Then stop coming to TF to read the articles Tard :P[/quote]
Second that!
Fighting back quietly != front page of TF, kthnx
The dtella network is different from a typical DC++ hub in the fact that it relies on cached DNS records and peers that run the client rather than a static central server running DC++ server software. This is a big benefit when someone tries to shut you down. The only way to take out dtella by the looks of things would be to force the domain registrar to suspend the domain name.
Also, this is bad publicity for the campus I agree…but fir all of you dtella guys to reply with negative comments here…come on. A DC++ hub that discriminates against the free flow of information? Wow, what a paradox.
The best of luck to Purdue, dtella and similar networks at all other schools. If only this system could go global then maybe dtella would become a good replacement for standard DC++ servers. Too bad the developers don’t seem to want that.
I have talked to one of the devs and he mentioned once that it could not become global because the latency or something would be too high?
Not sure if someone could fix that problem though.
To the above. There is a public version of dtella i think. I read about it on digg a while back. it isnt the same guys but they cracked dtella and changed it so it creates a different network and anyone that installs it can run it. it was called fileshark i think but fileshark.com isnt the website and i cant find the installer any more.
http://falseblue.com/fileshark/
that?
This is actually a spin off that was started about 5 years ago.
To be honest, I’m just disappointed that we aren’t #1…
Quoting from TF’s article “Police Raid University, Dismantle P2P Network” (http://torrentfreak.com/police-raid-university-dismantle-p2p-network/):
“Officers dismantled the operation following claims of students trading large quantities of unauthorized music, films and software.”
You even report on shutting down networks after claims of file sharing, why do you go and make more claims public about other schools? After putting up such articles, you should be wary of shutting down or causing speculation about other networks.
lol at “cracked dtella”
Did you notice that their site links to sourceforge where you can download the source for it?
Fileshark cannot be a spin off from 5 years ago! Dtella has only been around for about a year now
actually all the guys on this hub are big fags with no life…they sit on it all day and talk about how they circle jerk each other while sweet talking the ONE female that occasionally comes onto the hub.
i mean the files are nice, but the people are total fags
i am very happy to see change comming to the usa i hope ever one starts to get into sharing by p2p the riaa don’t have money sue all of america.
[quote comment="347625"]I would love to be releasing stuff on that network, I would be so popular.. lol.[/quote]
Im sure you would be so “popular” with the ladies.
They should try http://www.dargens.com .
Its p2p, friend to friend, encrypted, fast and fun.
this has got to be the most illinformed written article I’ve read in quite a while. Number one the University did not create this network. A collective of students created it to share files with each other without the worry of going over the then 2Gb limit on traffic.
This network was not formed around the litigations issued by the RIAA as you have made it out to be…”This is simply a response to the RIAA threats and the countless ruined lives through pointless RIAA litigation.”
If your going to post on a commonly visited blog at least put the effort in to getting your facts straight.
lol @ 84
Sounds like someone got banned from the network.
Also, article is terribly inaccurate. Dtella was written long before the RIAA even knew Purdue was full of pirates. And because it is based on intranet transfer, which several people have already stated is nothting new, there is no reason to post an article here on torrentfreak about it. Yes it tries some new ideas, namely decentralization, and those should be spread to the public, but why name it? Why give the RIAA the incentive to come back and press harder? What you have done is expand awareness of dtella through killing it. You are just creating more martyrs for the cause. Its unnecessary and just makes you look bad.
[quote comment="347695"][quote comment="347686"][quote comment="347676"][quote comment="347672"]I doubt that Purdue set up the network, like the article says. This is likely little more than a student run effort. And now that it’s public knowledge, the university will be obligated to take measures against it. For a site that supports piracy, this one is really hurting the cause.[/quote]
Agreed. Take the article down and leave us alone.[/quote]
agreed[/quote]
Seconded.[/quote]
As a former Purdue student and always a pirate I endorse this article. Though it is revealing their is relatively nothing the Mafiaa can do. Besides do you people really believe they didn’t already know? This is just telling us that Purdue students are fighting the good fight. clap!clap! Boiler up!
[quote comment="348686"][quote comment="347695"][quote comment="347686"][quote comment="347676"][quote comment="347672"]I doubt that Purdue set up the network, like the article says. This is likely little more than a student run effort. And now that it’s public knowledge, the university will be obligated to take measures against it. For a site that supports piracy, this one is really hurting the cause.[/quote]
Agreed. Take the article down and leave us alone.[/quote]
agreed[/quote]
Seconded.[/quote]
As a former Purdue student and always a pirate I endorse this article. Though it is revealing their is relatively nothing the Mafiaa can do. Besides do you people really believe they didn’t already know? This is just telling us that Purdue students are fighting the good fight. clap!clap! Boiler up![/quote]
*clap, clap* Boiler up!
[quote comment="347695"][quote comment="347686"][quote comment="347676"][quote comment="347672"]I doubt that Purdue set up the network, like the article says. This is likely little more than a student run effort. And now that it’s public knowledge, the university will be obligated to take measures against it. For a site that supports piracy, this one is really hurting the cause.[/quote]
Agreed. Take the article down and leave us alone.[/quote]
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Seconded.[/quote]
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[quote comment="348792"][quote comment="347695"][quote comment="347686"][quote comment="347676"][quote comment="347672"]I doubt that Purdue set up the network, like the article says. This is likely little more than a student run effort. And now that it’s public knowledge, the university will be obligated to take measures against it. For a site that supports piracy, this one is really hurting the cause.[/quote]
Agreed. Take the article down and leave us alone.[/quote]
agreed[/quote]
Seconded.[/quote]
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[quote comment="348840"][quote comment="348792"][quote comment="347695"][quote comment="347686"][quote comment="347676"][quote comment="347672"]I doubt that Purdue set up the network, like the article says. This is likely little more than a student run effort. And now that it’s public knowledge, the university will be obligated to take measures against it. For a site that supports piracy, this one is really hurting the cause.[/quote]
Agreed. Take the article down and leave us alone.[/quote]
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[quote comment="348841"][quote comment="348840"][quote comment="348792"][quote comment="347695"][quote comment="347686"][quote comment="347676"][quote comment="347672"]I doubt that Purdue set up the network, like the article says. This is likely little more than a student run effort. And now that it’s public knowledge, the university will be obligated to take measures against it. For a site that supports piracy, this one is really hurting the cause.[/quote]
Agreed. Take the article down and leave us alone.[/quote]
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[quote comment="348841"][quote comment="348840"][quote comment="348792"][quote comment="347695"][quote comment="347686"][quote comment="347676"][quote comment="347672"]I doubt that Purdue set up the network, like the article says. This is likely little more than a student run effort. And now that it’s public knowledge, the university will be obligated to take measures against it. For a site that supports piracy, this one is really hurting the cause.[/quote]
Agreed. Take the article down and leave us alone.[/quote]
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[quote comment="348842"][quote comment="348841"][quote comment="348840"][quote comment="348792"][quote comment="347695"][quote comment="347686"][quote comment="347676"][quote comment="347672"]I doubt that Purdue set up the network, like the article says. This is likely little more than a student run effort. And now that it’s public knowledge, the university will be obligated to take measures against it. For a site that supports piracy, this one is really hurting the cause.[/quote]
Agreed. Take the article down and leave us alone.[/quote]
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[quote comment="348842"][quote comment="348841"][quote comment="348840"][quote comment="348792"][quote comment="347695"][quote comment="347686"][quote comment="347676"][quote comment="347672"]I doubt that Purdue set up the network, like the article says. This is likely little more than a student run effort. And now that it’s public knowledge, the university will be obligated to take measures against it. For a site that supports piracy, this one is really hurting the cause.[/quote]
Agreed. Take the article down and leave us alone.[/quote]
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Thirded? or Fourthed…whatever[/quote]
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Please take this article down. It is not only grossly inaccurate, but it brings unwanted publicity.
I love how randomly all the comments turn to hatred.
I am still very appreciative of your article.
And I doubt the RIAA checks Torrentfreak often…
[quote comment="348844"][quote comment="348842"][quote comment="348841"][quote comment="348840"][quote comment="348792"][quote comment="347695"][quote comment="347686"][quote comment="347676"][quote comment="347672"]I doubt that Purdue set up the network, like the article says. This is likely little more than a student run effort. And now that it’s public knowledge, the university will be obligated to take measures against it. For a site that supports piracy, this one is really hurting the cause.[/quote]
Agreed. Take the article down and leave us alone.[/quote]
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Seconded.[/quote]
Thirded? or Fourthed…whatever[/quote]
It’s a chain[/quote]
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I agree completely.
That’s nothing compared to what we have at the university of xXxXx
We have xXxXx all around campus that we can access with any xXxXx at any time from any place on the planet.
The hardware is all free, we got it all with a grant from xXxXx and they don’t even know!
We are linked to every xXxXx and get live feed from xXxXx and all other xXxXx as well. We even share this all with other xXxXx
So far we have well over xXxXx of media with no end in site. And we will never get caught because we keep it a secret.
even if the students did set it up, i’m sure some of the staff knew what was going on anyway, probably some IT guy somewhere, or a teacher that overheard someone. the RIAA in general is gay, and shouldn’t even think to arrest anyone unless their selling it
[quote comment="349008"][quote comment="348844"][quote comment="348842"][quote comment="348841"][quote comment="348840"][quote comment="348792"][quote comment="347695"][quote comment="347686"][quote comment="347676"][quote comment="347672"]I doubt that Purdue set up the network, like the article says. This is likely little more than a student run effort. And now that it’s public knowledge, the university will be obligated to take measures against it. For a site that supports piracy, this one is really hurting the cause.[/quote]
Agreed. Take the article down and leave us alone.[/quote]
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Seconded.[/quote]
Thirded? or Fourthed…whatever[/quote]
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I agree completely.[/quote]
Hmm, what comment shall I put in order to make this quote block longer…
lol if you read from the top down you can see all the sheep who fell in line/digested and regurgitated opinion.
lmfao
whats with the knocking of TF?
they dont MAKE news, they publish it.
its just a slow day.
you want a new cnn or something?
go fuck yourself
Sadly we don’t need to fuck ourselves, with the network now mentioned on places like Digg, Google News, and in popular blogs, the RIAA probably now is aware of it and its form and is going to begin pressuring Purdue to shut it down, so we have other things to worry about on one of your “slow news days”.
It’s nice to share on a school network. Since it’s a LAN, it’s out of range for Mediasentry and others like it.
If the IrAA cronies do access the p2p network of a school’s PRIVATE network they can be charged with computer crimes themselves for unauthorized access.
[quote comment="348866"]I love how randomly all the comments turn to hatred.
I am still very appreciative of your article.
And I doubt the RIAA checks Torrentfreak often…[/quote]
hatred isn’t the focus here. we would prefer not to get a lot of publicity outside of campus and the main problem is that the info in the article is grossly inaccurate. Though that in itself may lend it to not being looked at seriously too.
[quote comment="349333"][quote comment="349008"][quote comment="348844"][quote comment="348842"][quote comment="348841"][quote comment="348840"][quote comment="348792"][quote comment="347695"][quote comment="347686"][quote comment="347676"][quote comment="347672"]I doubt that Purdue set up the network, like the article says. This is likely little more than a student run effort. And now that it’s public knowledge, the university will be obligated to take measures against it. For a site that supports piracy, this one is really hurting the cause.[/quote]
Agreed. Take the article down and leave us alone.[/quote]
agreed[/quote]
Seconded.[/quote]
Thirded? or Fourthed…whatever[/quote]
It’s a chain[/quote]
your mom’s a chain[/quote]
I CAN SEE FOREVER[/quote]
I herd u liek mudkipz[/quote]
I agree completely.[/quote]
Hmm, what comment shall I put in order to make this quote block longer…[/quote]
omg, gogogogo!
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I fully agree.
[quote comment="348866"]
[...] And I doubt the RIAA checks Torrentfreak often…[/quote]
I doubt you have the capacity for independent thought, dumbfuck…
[quote comment="349521"]lol if you read from the top down you can see all the sheep who fell in line/digested and regurgitated opinion.
lmfao
whats with the knocking of TF?
they dont MAKE news, they publish it.
its just a slow day.
you want a new cnn or something?
go fuck yourself[/quote]
there’s a difference in publishing facts and misinformation.
That’s right, FIGHT THE POWER!!!
Purdue students are also the inventors of bubble gum flavored hydro weed. ;)
“Notoriously known for their aggressive pro-piracy stance and prolific file sharing”
Notoriously? I’d rather say ‘gloriously’.
That’s the way to go, Purdue!
—
(A message to students, complaining about the article):
Dear friends. I know it’s hard. There’s always a great temptation to stay underground until it’s completely safe. But times have changed and we need to gather all of the community and deliver the final blow.
Don’t look for a way which only seems easy. Don’t hide like if you’re criminals who you aren’t. Don’t make any compromises with your conscience.
You must not fear mafiAA, you must fight openly like others do now. You must force fat pigs to respect your inalienable right for informational freedom. Again I repeat: it’s hard. But it’s what has to be done. Better world never comes cheap.
man got a 50tb 1000user+ hub running for years at this campus, even larger at some times. but good sheet purdue
They should lose federal funding for this type junk!
http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com
The more people stand up and say NO!! then the harder it is for them to control you… The rotten greedy pricks can’t hold on forever if tell them to fuck off.
[quote comment="350836"]man got a 50tb 1000user+ hub running for years at this campus, even larger at some times. but good sheet purdue[/quote]
dtella at this very moment has… 743 users, and 60.18TB. and that’s just logged in at the time, there are more users that don’t just sit on and veg all day, not to mention some of the users are on the IRC chat only and not sharing anything. so whose e-penis is bigger?
come on people I went to a small university of less than 5000 on campus people, and i ran a members only DC++ based network there. this is nothing new. anyway from what I can tell the ptokax based system we were using along with a few custom scripts were vastly superior to dtella. 4 years ago we had a total share of over 30 Tb, over 60% of the students were members (and some staff), and we had an average upload / download speed of 40 mb/s, and we also used an RSA based encryption system for security.
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