Universities Continue to Block Napster

Following the recent trend, Indiana University moved this week to filter student access to the popular MP3 searching program Napster. Indiana joins universities around the country including Northwestern, and Oregon State University, which chose to block access to Napster after learning that as much as 5% of its bandwith was being used to access the popular server. Citing its Information Technology Facilitative/Fair Usage Policy, Indiana University made the decision after stating, "Network usage analysis shows this application consumes a significant amount of IU's connection to the Internet and affects IU's data network supporting teaching, learning, and research." More colleges across the nation are sure to follow the lead and begin banning the use of the Napster program in the future.