Word: networked
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Harvard tripled its computer network's bandwidth two weeks ago in response to greater network usage...
Davis said that Harvard's high-speed Internet connection meant songs on its network were particularly attractive to Napster users worldwide, who could acquire songs faster from computers at Harvard than from other servers...
...result, outbound Napster traffic was taking up 10 megabits per second of Harvard's network connection--20 percent of the traffic on the network, Davis said...
Davis would not say how HASCS was limiting network traffic, but a message from FAS Network Operations to the HASCS newsgroup yesterday said HASCS had placed restrictions "limiting the bandwidth of packets matching the signature of the Napster application...
...moment, however, the University must develop a clear policy on how it will respond to copyright infringement by students. Should Metallica or other artists inform the University of cases of copyright infringement, the DMCA would require Harvard to remove the network access of repeat offenders. Yet the concept of a "repeat" offender is not well-defined, and we encourage the University to use restraint in removing students' access to the network. Official warnings should be sufficient in most cases to scare students into compliance, and the heavy penalty of losing network access--which, Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis...