In certain ways, college campuses have been ground zero for the filesharing wars. College students are the ideal market for filesharing programs. Among other things, they almost certainly have a reasonably decent computer, fast internet access through the college campus, a dearth of money with which to purchase entertainment, a strong desire for entertainment, and the time to search for good files. Heck, many filesharing programs were originally designed by college students. Consequently, filesharing is very popular on college campuses.

This has caused a bit of a dilemma for college administrations and IT departments. There is, of course, the network resources that unabashed filesharing consumes. There is also the more important issue of discouraging copyright infringement while protecting the free flow of information in an academic environment. What is a college campus to do?

Enter the Electronic Frontier Foundation, with a new report that answers that question.

Read the press release: Fighting Infringement on Campus Peer-to-Peer Networks.

"The music and movie industries want schools to spy on their students and ban whole categories of computer programs from the learning environment," said EFF Staff Attorney Jason Schultz. "But there are ways to reduce infringement without undermining education and research. This paper explains what they are."

It's a clear, concise report. Every college IT department dealing with these issues should read it.