<p>What about pirat software in college, are they gonna check my laptop to make sure that all of the software installed is legal?</p>
<p>Sorry if it's a kind of dumb question, but as I am an international I really have no idea about penalties for illegal software in the US...</p>
<p>No. That's between you and your conscience.</p>
<p>OK, and what about entering the US? </p>
<p>Cuz a year ago my friend was bringing his desktop computer from Moscow to Vilnius and guess what -- Lithuanian officers asked to show a label with serial number, which indicates that Microsoft software was legal. Of course, it was not a serious violation and he got away with it...</p>
<p>Simple solution - Buy the stuff (unless it's from Sony - sorry after that rootkit issue I hate them).</p>
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Simple solution - Buy the stuff (unless it's from Sony - sorry after that rootkit issue I hate them).
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<li><p>Well, I hate Microsoft... So I use Slackware Linux most of the time, but there are times when you get a Word document with Visio drawings and a heck of formulas, which cannot be edited using OpenOffice, so in these cases there is nothin' to do but to have Windows on your computer... :-(</p></li>
<li><p>I am not gonna buy software that I use once a month.</p></li>
<li><p>From all this it implies that I'll just have to cover up Windows installation by removing this option from LILO. :-)</p></li>
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<p>Getting busted for pirating software is much like getting arrested for J-walking; they technically can, but never, ever will.</p>
<p>what about downloading pirated software in college? is that allowed?</p>
<p>No they will not check your laptop. it is too much work for them to check it. Dowloading Pirated software is illegal, and is not allowed on any campus. However some campuses allows some P2P programs because not everything that is on a p2p network is pirated. (p2p meaning Peer to peer file sharing programs like Bittorrent,edonkey,Gnutella,ect.)</p>
<p>Most colleges block file sharing programs so it will be much harder to download illegal software, but no one is going to check whether your Windows or Office is legit.</p>
<p>I don't know anything about entering the US. i've got Limewire on my comp, and as long as i don't use it at college i'm fine, they don't check.</p>
<p>I hear a bunch of colleges use DC++ for filesharing.</p>
<p>Will colleges block bt clients.</p>
<p>I can't use Limewire or anything like that in my dorm because its all blocked</p>
<p>How about this if you're really worried: Burn your program disks (Windows, Office, etc) to new CDs/DVDs and label them like music CDs. Mix them in with some real music CDs if you're bringing them, if you still use CDs. Install when you're here.</p>
<p>I have NEVER had Customs check my laptop for anything when I come back from Japan. I really don't think they have time to do that sort of policing.</p>
<p>my friend was constantly downloading movies from bittorrent, and he actually got a letter telling him to stop or the university would take further action.</p>
<p>The U has to pay for the traffic. I say go with Netflix for movies. Allofmp3 for music. P2P for software. For practical reasons if nothing else - downloading takes for-freaking-ever and is annoying as hell.</p>
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<p>we get windows for 10rs in india. thats 2$. and office is also 4$. lol pirated that is.</p>
<p>yeah, if you get a bunch of people to go in on a netflix account, it will be ridiculously cheap, watch out for renting too many movies, they'll start delaying their deliviers to you and such.</p>
<p>Does anyone know about the bt stuff. Does college block bt client? I don't download movie or music. I use bt to download anime.</p>