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Anti-P2P Higher Education Act May Cost Some Colleges $500,000 Annually

By soulxtc

New study suggests that some universities may spend this amount in cash and personnel time complying with the recently enacted legislation. This past August the Higher Education Act (HEA) was passed that included provisions forcing colleges and universities to combat illegal file-sharing on campus. The Association for Computing Machinery found that the mandatory use of technological deterrents will "indirectly add to the costs of education and university research" and it seems a new study bolsters its claim. For the Campus Computing Project, the largest continuing study of the role of computing, e-learning, and information technology in American higher education, conducted a special survey titled the "The Campus Costs of P2P Compliance." The report is based on data from 321 colleges and universities and focuses on P2P compliance costs in terms of both expenditures and personnel time.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on October 22, 2008 (boomark / email).