The University of Groningen is bittorrent-traffic shutdown in the dormitories. The protocol is blocked, because the university, say that arranged on the fingers is tapped by the Brain due to illegal uploading of content.
The blockade by march 1, apply for student residence halls, which are connected to the corporate network of the University of Groningen, confirms spokesman Jos Speekman of the university opposite Tweakers.net. The problem is not downloading via bittorrent, but uploading torrents. Uploading music and movies without permission of the owner is illegal in the Netherlands. “This ensures that we are regularly on the fingers are tapped by organisations such as Brein, due to the fact there are from a pc in the Back-office network is illegal files are distributed on which copyright is based.”
The pc complained of is closed, but according to Speekman, it delivers a lot of extra work. Hence now it is decided to include the bittorrent protocol in its entirety to block on the network, although many large files through bittorrent will be distributed.
Brain won this week a variety of providers for the judge, because they have not responded to a call to torrentsite The Pirate Bay block. The Back feels, however, not isp. “We are not isp, but an organization that has a corporate network provides. That brings other responsibilities.” The students include a poster will be notified of the blockage.
