Keep P2P/File sharing category for copyright infringing content.

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bangoruniversity

September 22, 2014 10:29

We're an academic site using OpenDNS for our student access on wifi and halls. The only category we have set to block is the P2P category which has, in conjunction with other tools, almost eliminated our complaints from rights holders about our users sharing content they shouldn't.

Increasingly however I'm seeing this category being used for perfectly legitimate content and general cloud based storage sites that aren't just dumping grounds for copyrighted material.

Is there any chance of trying to keep a category specifically for the "dodgy" sites rather than lumping them all in one pot and making the category increasingly useless to us? 

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  rotblitz September 22, 2014 11:08

   

  It seems you want to block category "Academic Fraud" and others too.

  See also:
  https://support.opendns.com/entries/21875419-How-can-I-easily-block-sites-that-serve-illegal-tv-movie-streaming-without-blocking-youtube-bbc-etc- 
  https://support.opendns.com/entries/21693364-Is-Dropbox-a-P2P-File-Sharing-site- 

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  proteanthread September 23, 2014 15:17

  No, I think what he's asking is to keep legit P2P sharing sites separate from illegal sharing sites.  but i can see where that would be difficult as the internet is an open arena.

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