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According to another report, the state of Michigan was not included: "In letters sent today, the RIAA and MPAA notified 40 university presidents of information indicating campus LAN piracy problems on their campuses. The universities receiving these letters are located in the following 25 states: California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, and Washington, DC." It's an interesting problem that I hadn't heard about before--file-sharing software that limits itself to connections from the local subnet or domain, so it can't be detected by the RIAA enforcers looking for illegal downloads via the Internet. It limits the sharing to a network of thousands or tens of thousands of computers rather than tens of millions, but that's probably big enough for most people. > -----Original Message----- > From: MSU Network Administrators Group > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Resotko > Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 9:45 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [MSUNAG] RIAA / MPAA letter to Universities > > This is going around the net this week. I don't know if MSU > is one of the Universities that received the letter. FYI > > "The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the > Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) have sent > letters to 40 US universities in a bid to control illegal > file-swapping on campus. > > Both the RIAA and the MPAA acknowledged that the colleges > have made efforts to curb illegal file-sharing on local area > networks (Lans), but said more action was needed." > > <http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7003438027>" > > John A. Resotko > Head of Systems Administration > Michigan State University College of Law > 208 Law College Building > East Lansing, MI 48824-1300 > email: [log in to unmask] > Phone: 517-432-6836 > Fax: 517-432-6861 > > Current Chairperson of the > MSU Network Communications Committee >