Advertisement

HASCS Limits Napster Outbound Traffic

"We will continue to evaluate traffic, and that number will be refined to find a good balance," he said.

Davis would not say how HASCS was limiting network traffic, but a message from FAS Network Operations to the HASCS newsgroup yesterday said HASCS had placed restrictions "limiting the bandwidth of packets matching the signature of the Napster application."

Advertisement

The move came four days after Harvard officially announced that it would not block access to Napster in response to a request by a lawyer representing Dr. Dre and the rock group Metallica.

Recommended Articles

Advertisement