Students draw up model for legal filesharing

Wednesday, July 9, 2008 6:59 PDT -07:00   News  


Students are taking the filesharing bull by the horns, no doubt fed up with being sued by the RIAA for using filesharing networks to download free music.

Matt Earp and Andrew McDiarmid from the UC Berkeley School of Information have written their master’s thesis on filesharing, investigating how a monthly fee could work for a legal filesharing service.

The students have developed a model for how such a filesharing service would work. Amazing that it took students to really put forward some ideas that would solve the filesharing standoff with the RIAA.

The premises of the thesis are that 64% of students would be willing to use a paid filesharing service and that 75% of people who have used filesharing services would consider a paid service. Why didn’t the RIAA use these stats to come up with something?

It will be interesting to see what happens next, but legal filesharing is a hot topic at the moment.

Related Articles

  • Ruckus not a solution for filesharing students
  • Students offered lifeline in filesharing battle
  • Indiana students told, ‘Download, but don’t share’
  • Text book filesharing called into question


  •  Del.Icio.Us this! | Digg this! | Reddit this! | Stumble this!

     Enjoyed this? Subscribe to the feed.

    No comments yet

    Leave a Comment

    You must be logged in to post a comment.


     
    Ares Free Music Downloads- Get it Today!
    Are You A Music Lover? Then You Need Ares!
    Worry and Hassle Free Music — Ares
    Great Music Is At Ares
    Ares Free Download Review
     
    Free Ares File-Sharing For the Would-Be Musician
    .
    Ares Free Music Downloads- Get it Today!
    .
    Download Ares To Get Heard While Listening.
    .
    How to Use the Ares Download to Get and Share Videos
    .
    What’s New in Ares File Sharing?
    .
     
     
     
    . ARES FOR FUN
    . Getting audio file into your iPod from Ares
    . Music download with Ares
    . What makes Ares Special?
    . Photos download with Ares
     
     
    Acai Berry | Salvia | Ares Free Music Downloads Home
    Copyright © 2010 Official Ares All Rights Reserved.