FUD is probably the best way to stop people from sharing files, uncertain and unsure they might just let it be.

Although i dont dl at school cuz i dont want to get screwed by the riaa i just do it when i get home.

I called them to STICK IT TO `EM.

I do know that we can access the ed2k network… great, not so hot these days. I do know that my friend down the hall got his internet disconnected without a warning because of World of Warcraft’s auto-updater patching his game

Basically I know it’s fucked up when I have to use an outside network to get uncrippled internet access

fear tactics tend to wear off after awhile, and that is mainly because they are based around what i like to call HYPE. hype is anything that is ballooned up to be bigger than it actually is, just so we the people will get all freaked out when we see it. believe it or not, not all of us are dumbasses, and we know not to download programs that have what’s known as “piggyback” programs installed along with them. spyware exists for a reason, and the main reason it exists is so the riaa and mpaa can keep tabs on who is downloading what, and who has or has not paid for it.

and uncertainty NEVER works, because in case anyone has noticed, the times we live in today are EXTREMELY uncertain. we literally do not know what will happen tomorrow, not like we ever really did, of course. using uncertainty as a “tactic” is like telling someone, “a giant elephant is coming right behind you!”, when they’re standing on a sidewalk in the middle of new york city. what’s the likelihood that there would even BE an elephant? slim to none, that’s what.

and as for using “doubt” as an offensive tactic, that’s not going to work either. let me explain why. i don’t doubt that what i have installed on my computer are full versions of programs that i make DAMN sure do not have spyware that install along with them, and if they do, then i look around until i find versions that do not. i don’t just blindly install whatever on my computer, without using my freaking brain. i learned that lesson a LONG time ago.

so, in short, stop being so damned noobish when it comes to what you do on your computer. stop and THINK about what you’re doing, and don’t keep files you download in certain directories on your computer where you won’t remember where they are. that’s just plain dumb.

Who needs campus fibre when you can’t even browse regular websites on it?

Jiff
http://www.anonweb.eu.tc

A rumour was started a month or so ago that they’d start limiting or cutting off the internet connections of people abusing the network’s speed (no mention of copyrighted material), so my friends have been limiting themselves to about 5 KB/s upload. I hadn’t heard the rumour, though, so I’ve been (and still am) using 100 KB/s upload.

I’m not maxing out the connection, which is capable of something like 1 MB/s up, but it’s still 3 or 4 times what I get at home, so…

On the other hand if i read it wrong or didnt understand it right and they do believe what the MAFIAA says and threaten students, they should be hang by their balls.

The power of TF… the flood will be grand!

Fulkerson asks him what it is and the man replies. “Well you see, first off my wife comes in and starts blowin’ me, don’t wory, sir the crowds, they LOVE IT! THEN I trot out the pony here cause he hung like the ladies like and my wife does HIM TOO! But sir, I tell ya what she does to that chicken ain’t Christian, strictly speakin’, but I ain’t had a dry eye in the house. Well that’s when I go bareback, so to speak and my wife spots me, like a weightlifter, mmm? Just when you think the poor pony can’t bear up one more time, BAM my wife has got him by the balls and is makin’ him giddyap, if you catch my drift. By this time the chicken’s in on it and you can’t tell arm from wing, hoof from tail. Feathers, fur, froth– it’s all flying until we just explode into an exhausted heap. Old Yeller here, he’s here to clean up.”

The manager thought for a moment and said, “Well that’s all pretty extreme and I’m not sure it’s what were looking for. what did you say your name was?”

“The MPAA!”

I heard the MPAA/RIAA have been trying to upload Childpr0n to TPB for ages. Have you seen that too?

I wonder where the RIAA get all that childpr0n from in the first place?

child pr0n is on piratebay

Roze
http://www.28chan.org/fs/

Err, I’m wrong. Some dick decided to be cute and spam my message by adding emoticons and the such in place of my tor message, possibly using the tor network for abuse. Great. -_-

My University has made it clear that filesharing copyrighted material is against IT policy and that it will take action if it receives nasty **AA letters or the such–despite their notorious inaccuracies and exploits; this includes taking out the student’s computer access, which is essential for some courses.

The girlfriend of one of my roommates complained that she has to deal with very large charges against her due to “illegal” filesharing at her residence. She is taking the case to court and has even hired a lawyer, IIRC. I believe she was using Limewire, which would explain why she was caught. I, personally, would recommend a US college/university resident to abstain from torrenting directly on campus, even with free/public-domain material–let alone using something as risky as Gnutella to share copyrighted material. I have indeed heard of other students getting scary copyright infringement emails sent to their student mailboxes, though I have heard that at least some students simply ignore the emails without anything ever done to them.

Fortunately, the University also stated that it will not restrict nor watch students’ Internet access. Traffic is capped at 1MB/s. The IT department head recently said that the University, under law, *must* take action to deter students from “illegal” filesharing, though this simply seems to be in the form of exposing students to “legal alternatives.”

My University has made it clear that filesharing copyrighted material is against IT policy and that it will take action if it receives nasty **AA letters or the such–despite their notorious inaccuracies and exploits; this includes taking out the student’s computer access, which is essential for some courses.

The girlfriend of one of my roommates complained that she has to deal with very large charges against her due to “illegal” filesharing at her residence. She is taking the case to court and has even hired a lawyer, IIRC. I believe she was using Limewire, which would explain why she was caught. I, personally, would recommend a US college/university resident to abstain from torrenting directly on campus, even with free/public-domain material–let alone using something as risky as Gnutella to share copyrighted material. I have indeed heard of other students getting scary copyright infringement emails sent to their student mailboxes, though I have heard that at least some students simply ignore the emails without anything ever done to them.

Fortunately, the University also stated that it will not restrict nor watch students’ Internet access. Traffic is capped at 1MB/s. The IT department head recently said that the University, under law, *must* take action to deter students from “illegal” filesharing, though this simply seems to be in the form of exposing students to “legal alternatives.”

I am posting this through tor.

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I NEED CP NOW

Of course, it helps not being in the US. :P

Bastardly sellouts and corporate stooges.Sick to my stomach reading this.

I hope these SOBs get mugged on their way home.

http://www.ezee.se

Fear mongering, blatant distortions and outright lying are the hallmarks of the US fascist society. It takes an especially stupid population for these things to work as well as they do in the US.

It should be no surprise that the Universities are now staffed by authoritarian kooks who feel that any little bit of petty authority they are given is an excuse to flex their might to show everyone how truly bad-ass they are.

I bet that peon IT admin that is talking tough in that student newspaper really got a rush off that. I guess that’ll show everyone that even though he’s got a small dick and no muscles he’s still BMOC.

LOL @ amerikka

http://www.elon.edu/e-web/admissions/FinancialAid/tuition.xhtml