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<DIV><FONT size=2>If he owns the copyright to the music, then it seems it would
be perfectly legit for him to upload it and track who downloads it. No backdoor
necessary.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>It he does not own the copyright, then it would seem to be a
breach of the rules to make it publicly available, and I would not like to have
to get the project through the ethics process at my
institution.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Marj</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Dr Marjorie Kibby, Senior Lecturer in Communication & Culture<BR>The
University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia<BR><A
href="mailto:Marj.Kibby@newcastle.edu.au">Marj.Kibby@newcastle.edu.au</A><BR>+61
2 49216604<BR><BR>>>> holly-kruse@utulsa.edu 09/04/03 07:46am
>>><BR>I'm the advisor for an undergraduate student who, as his
senior<BR>project, is going to record a CD with his band. But beyond
<BR>that, to make it senior project-worthy, he wants to infiltrate<BR>a
peer-to-peer network through a backdoor with MP3s of the<BR>music and track how
much it gets downloaded.<BR><BR>He is very excited about this, and I'm excited
that he's <BR>excited, but I also don't want to be presiding over a<BR>senior
project that creates ethical problems, especially<BR>at the institutional
level. Any thoughts on this: whether<BR>this project seems totally kosher,
whether it should be<BR>re-tooled and how,
etc.?<BR><BR>TIA,<BR><BR>Holly<BR><BR><BR>-----<BR>Holly Kruse<BR>Faculty of
Communication<BR>University of Tulsa<BR>600 S. College Ave.<BR>Tulsa, OK
74104<BR>918-631-3845<BR>holly-kruse@utulsa.edu<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Air-l
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