Penn State/Napster 2.0 Trial Russell S. Vaught Associate Vice Provost Information Technology

Penn State Napster 2.0 Trial2 Music Delivery Options Wide discussions with students at several levels Evaluated a number of services Desired Attributes based on student desires –Net Radio (more important than we thought!) –Streaming Audio –Tethered Downloads –Purchase and Burn Tracks Napster had all attributes

Penn State Napster 2.0 Trial3 Security Strong Policy on Computer and Network Security –Deals directly with Copyright Infringement –Now bans servers in Residence Halls Installing firewalls on 94 Residence Hall networks Practice –Have always suspended network access upon Infringement Notice or substantiated awareness

Penn State Napster 2.0 Trial4 Account Creation Essentially All Students have an Access Account –Based upon MIT’s Kerberos (K-5) –LDAP entry for eligibility Uses eduPerson 2.0 schema Provides –Authentication – You are who you say your are (K5) –Authorization – You can do what you want to do (LDAP) Tight link of PSU’s system to Napster’s –Uses Internet2’s Shibboleth technology

Penn State Napster 2.0 Trial5 Current Status Centrally funded –No direct cost to students except for purchased tracks Service made available to 16,500 Residence Hall students on January 11 –12,500 (75%) have computers qualified for Napster Service only for Windows 2000 and XP No earlier Windows, Mac or LINUX clients 10,228 (82%) of qualified students now signed up Over 100,000 tracks per day in first weeks –Around 80,000 tracks per day recently

Penn State Napster 2.0 Trial6 Future Plans All students eligible starting Fall Semester Faculty and Staff at a discounted rate Promote upgrade of Windows machines –Low cost to students –New students more likely to have XP Interest in technical alternatives for Mac and LINUX users Contract includes a study of our trial

Penn State Napster 2.0 Trial7 Observations Most students who have service value it –Considerable interest by student leaders at other institutions Complaint focus –Valued and new tracks not available –Not yet available for me –Macs not supported Piracy seems to have decreased –Infringement notices are down for residents –Most now dialup students!