Monday, April 03, 2000

Tunes clog university computers

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The Associated Press

        COLUMBUS — Four of Ohio's largest universities, including the University of Cincinnati, have banned popular-music software from being downloaded onto computers connected to their network systems because they say it creates traffic jams.

        But students say they've found ways to still get their favorite tunes for free off the Internet.

        The popularity of the Napster Internet site and its free software has resulted in traffic jams nationwide on universities' network systems, which many students' computers are tied to.

        Along with UC, Ohio State, Miami and Ohio universities have banned the computer-clogging software from their networks.

        Napster creates a folder on the user's hard drive to store songs.

       

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