--- From: "Nathan Cochrane" <ncochrane@private> To: "Declan McCullagh \(E-mail\)" <declan@private> Subject: University pirates cost millions Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 14:54:05 +1000 Hi Declan Australian universities trafficked at least 28 terabytes of data on a peer-to-peer network in the past year at a cost of about $2.8 million, according to network statistics. Data costs for traffic over the FastTrack peer-to-peer network visited by pirates using the Kazaa Media Desktop software was more than $557,000. But the total cost grows when litigation, management, opportunity costs and capital expenditures - upgrades to networks, PCs, software, storage - and alternative piracy channels are considered. They come at a time when institutions are seeking more Commonwealth funds. Although the data transferred by universities and the CSIRO is 2 per cent of total traffic, it is a growing headache for their business managers. FastTrack traffic is equivalent to 500,000 music CDs valued at $12.5 million, according to statistics compiled from figures supplied by Australian Academic Research Network (AARNet) server logs. The music industry estimates 25 million music CDs and DVDs were legally sold last year. MORE: http://bilskirnir.blogspot.com/ - Nathan Cochrane Deputy IT Editor :Next: The Age and Sydney Morning Herald http://www.next.theage.com.au _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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