"... Missouri S&T’s unusual method of regulating students’ network usage: In order to download (or upload) files on any peer-to-peer network whatsoever, all on-campus users have to pass an online quiz on copyright infringement."http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/05/15/p2p
"I actually attend Missouri S&T and was responsible for two of the DMCA notices last year. After spending an entire school year with the new traffic shaping, I can honestly say that it really doesn’t interfere with day to day life on the net. It has slowed the rate at which I download copyrighted works, but because of the reduced P2P load on the network, I have the bandwidth to watch TV shows (most of what I was downloading before) streamed from approved vendors, something I was unable to do before. The privacy issue of traffic shaping is still a concern to me, but in terms of day to day use of the network, it is largely unaffected by the filter."
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