The Michigan Daily -Friday, December 1, 2000- 5
Other online file-sharing programs
rap benefits of N apster's success
NAPSTER
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Within a couple of months after, the court will
ually award the assets of Scour to the highest bid-
der,"Rusalov said.
A second company, CenterSpan Communications
Corp. of Hillsboro, Oregon, recently announced its
plan to make a bid for Scour's assets. The successful
idder will be determined Dec. 12.
The bankruptcy put on hold any litigation against
Scour. The likely result of a sale would be a new
Scour Exchange similar to the recent decision to
make Napster a pay-based site.
The next generation of file trading
hile Napster and Scour take stock of their new
situations, trading of copyrighted and non-copyright-
xA niaterial on the Internet continues. Napster has
not been shut down, and there are other incarnations
f the technology which may take peer-to-peer file
rading to a new level.
Along with a group of students at the University
f Berkeley, 16-year-old high school sophomore
athan Moinvaziri maintains a Website dedicated to
>moting Gnutella, what many consider the next
eration of Napster-like trading vehicles.
"Your computer is a client and a server at the same
:ime" Moinvaziri said when explaining the service.
lembers can download anything from connected
:omputers.
Unlike Napster, Gnutella.com has no central serv-
:r - making it hard to hold anyone accountable if
:opyright material is traded. Users are largely anony-
nous, but it is not impossible to track users.
"You can find out the person's IP address," Moin-
,azi said. "It's a numerical name for someone's
lputer."
lhe programs' largest drawback is the lack of user-
friendly interface that helped make Napster popular
"Gnutella is a little harder because it never got fin-
ished,"' Moinvaziri said. "You have to know a little
more about computers."
Freenet.com. based in Britain, is a popular site but
also has the same characteristics.
Lee Black, director of research for Webnoize, Inc.,
does not feel Gnutella and Freenet will become as
oular as Napster because they are tougher to use,
Bill limits
"The R/AA has never been in business to shut fledgling
Internet sites down."
- Doug Curry
RIAA spokesman
but said that recording and motion picture industry
will have new problems if an interface is developed.
"The next big problem could be whoever solves
the Gnutella/Freenet problem,' Black said. "Content
owners need to find a way to protect their material."
Black also spoke about the probable success of
Napster as a paysite. "About 15 to 20 percent of
students are using (the current site) daily," Black
said.
But for now, Black expects only mild use of
Gnutella and Freenet.
"Those are going to be very close communities
with very definite goals in mind - like porn," Black
said. "To be honest, I don't think Freenet and
Gnutella will be the nirvana of peer to peer that Nap-
ster was."
The University's stance
The University, along with the majority of higher
education institutions in the country, said in Septem-
ber it will not ban Napster despite a request by
Metallica and Dr. Dre's lawyer to stop the alleged
illegal activity.
However, some Universities have banned Napster
not because of copyright concerns but because of the
amount of traffic the site can bring to University net-
works. Too much traffic, or bandwith, slows down
networks, but that has not been a concern at the Uni-
versity.
"We've seen a substantial increase in the use of
bandwidth since last year," said Andy Palms, direc-
tor of product development at IT Communications at
the University of Michigan.
Palms said despite "discussion" of a potential band-
width problem, there is not one at this time and there
are "no imminent plans to throttle bandwidth use."
The plaintiffs
The RIAA has been at the forefront of litigation
against peer-to-peer sites known to traffic copyrighted
material, but the group said lawsuits are the last resort.
"Litigation has never been our business model,"
RIAA spokesman Doug Curry said. "The RIAA has
never been in business to shut fledgling Internet sites
down."
In the case of less traceable sites than Napster and
Scour, the RIAA does not have a plan.
"Other sites like Gnutella and the rest, we under-
stand they're a little different," Curry said. "Noth-
ing's off the table."
Curry decried what the RIAA believes is the ille-
gal use of copyrighted materials, but said the RIAA
plan is to combat the exchange of online material by
providing its own sites.
"What we really want to do is bring music online
as quickly as possible to meet the demand," Curry
said.
BMG has not officially withdrawn from the
lawsuit, and will not until their catalogue is
online.
"Free Music From the Internet:
Sharing or Stealing"
O- Monday. Dec. 4: 8 to 10 p.m., Michigan
Ballroom. Panel discussion including Noah Stone,
executive director of Artists Against Piracy and
Susan Kornffeld, intellectual property attorney.
N Tuesday, December 5: 7 to 9 p.m., Lydia
Mendelssohn Theater, John Perry Barlow presents:
"The DotCommunist Manifesto: The Practical Eco-
nomics of Abolishing Virtual 'Property'"
Wednesday, December 6: 2 to 5 p.m., Michigan
League Ballroom, Copy 'RIGHTS' @ the University
of Michigan." A panel discussion of copyright
experts from different departments of the
University.
RIBBON
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Saunders spoke in the Whitney Audi-
torium of the School of Education last
night about the roots of male violence
and the current efforts at the University
and across the nation to end this vio-
lence. "For so many years, the emphasis
has been on arresting offenders, putting
them through education," Saunders said.
"What we really need to do to end the
problem is to think about prevention in a
big way, in a global way, with the
emphasis on prevention."
Saunders said he believes many men
learn violent behavior in childhood
from the media and within their fami-
lies. He said he also believes young
boys are taught "what it means to be a
man" in adolescence, and feel the
pressure to live up to these standards.
"We need to change rigid gender
roles in our youth," he said to the
mostly male audience.
Cameron Shultz, a graduate student
in the School of Social Work and orga-
nizer of the campaign, said he believes
men on this campus have a moral oblig-
ation to become involved in the preven-
STUDBY
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the Arts said he was pleased to see the
number of opportunities increasing for
liberal arts students.
"I think there is increasing awareness
among employers that the ability to
think critically; to analyze and solve
problems; to write and speak critically
and persuasively; - all hallmarks of
the liberal arts education - are essen-
tial prerequisites to being successful in
today's world of work," he said in a
written statement.
Terri Lamarco, associate director for
employer relations at the University of
Michigan Career Planning and Place-
ment office said employer's demand
for liberal arts graduates is a continu-
ing trend.
"Companies are realizing these
graduates have excellent technical and
quantitative skills and an ability to
think and be trained to work as part of
a team," Lamarco said.
tion of violence. "As a mail feel I have
a responsibility to speak out against
men's violence against women," Shultz
said. "I want to break the social taboo
and speak out about it." Shultz said the
basis of last night's event was to pro-
vide a forum where people could talk
openly about men's violence, and find
ways to get other men and women at
the University involved.
Following the lecture, participants
helped to make white ribbons that will
be distributed on campus throughout
the next week.
Gary Brouhard, an organizer of the
campaign, said in the last three days,
the distribution of ribbons on campus
has been remarkably successful.
"We've distributed 4,000 ribbons so
far and 5,000 is our goal, so we're
doing a great job," Brouhard, a. Rack-
ham graduate student, said.
Saunders said he is impressed with
the efforts put forth by the campaign to
get their message across on this campus.
"Violence prevention works only
when all men are involved," Saunders
said. The activities of the campaign
will culminate in a vigil Tuesday night
on the Diag open to all students.
"Liberal arts majors have demon-
strated what they can really bring to
the table," Lamarco said.
"This is definitely a labor market for
everyone," Gardner said. "Technical
engineers and computer science needs
are huge this year and will dominate
employers' hiring wish lists. Commu-
nications and telecommunications
hires are up significantly, and hiring of
business majors will be higher than
last year.
Although the job market prospects
are looking favorably in the direction
of liberal arts graduates, Lamarco said
she advises students who are graduat-
ing soon to not sit back and wait until
graduation to find a job thinking that a
good opportunity will be available.
"The Fall semester is the heaviest
recruiting season to fill positions, stu-
dents graduating in May or August
should be searching for jobs now,
Lamarco said.
- Daily StaffReporter Hanna
LoPatin contributed to this report.
legal age
or exotic
lancers
BILL
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Passage of the bill would allow local
ommunities to pass ordinances regulat-
ing the pornography industry, and if the
dult entertainment establishment sues
'Ommunity in turn, the local govern-
ment could look to the state for support.
"They establish broad authority for
local communities to pass ordinances
hat would regulate industries that fall
under the adult entertainment industry,"
Regenmorter said.
Senate Minority Leader John
Cherry (D-Clio) said the constitu-
tional rights of the establishments
will be protected.
"As long as the communities don't
uibit constitutionally protected activ-
ity," Cherry said. "The public is general-
ly concerned about the growth of this
industry, its tendencies to congregate in
particular areas."
Komendera said he spoke at Senate
hearings in defense of the adult enter-
tainrhent industry.
"They're trying to protect (anti-
pornography individuals') rights and
r-interests and at the same time they
d to protect our rights and our inter-
ests;" he said yesterday.
Van Regenmorter said the package of
bills complies with Michigan's constitu-
tion, which requires that the Legislature
pass laws to protect public health. Sec-
ondary operations, such as prostitution
and drug sales, he said, are prevalent in
pornographic establishments and threat-
en public health.
Van Regenmorter also expressed con-
about the possible exploitation of
young performers.
"These people are good upstanding
people, and to say that they can't do it
doesn't speak well for the legislative
system," Komendera said. "I think that's
ridit lous, it truly is."
Deja Vu does not serve alcohol,
Kohnendera said.
Komendera said some performers are
c ge students under the age of 21 try-
i to earn money for living expenses.
He described some as students taking
20 credit hours who can dance at Deja
Vu and make a week's worth of wages
in two nights.
Van Regenmorter said he does not
believe lap dancing is an appropriate
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