As college students grow warier of peer-to-peer networks that the entertainment industry is known to be policing, underground alternatives like Direct Connect have become hotbeds of campus piracy. Direct Connect creates a digital hub that lets students swap tunes over the campus network without inviting off-campus file swappers—or the entertainment industry’s digital investigators—in on the process. (The Daily Texan)
Record companies might not have an easy time locating Direct Connect outposts, but they’re well aware that the service is out there: In a recent report, a group of campus officials and industry representatives identified underground services that work within campus networks as a new nemesis. For more on Direct Connect, see an article from The Chronicle by Brock Read.
