<p>next year can i use it or do they monitor it very strictly. also howo many gigs per month are we allowed to dl right now im a heavy dler (50+ gigs per month at least)</p>
<p>no download cap, but penn does pass along subpoenas and such (plenty of people have been caught)</p>
<p>It all depends on what you're downloading ;-)</p>
<p>They don't block the BitTorrent protcol/ports per se, but if you download copyrighted material, you will get caught and fined (yes, I'm serious). </p>
<p>IIRC, there is no quota of any kind. Look at the Penn ISC websites for up-to-date information about that.</p>
<p>like if i use copyrighted torrents i would get in trouble? damn is there a way people get around this (secret networks, sharing among students?)</p>
<p>hahahahha</p>
<p>You're on your own.</p>
<p>Uhh.. irrelevant (kind of), but does Penn have music downloading services?</p>
<p>I know URochester gives all their students unlimited music downloads on iTunes... something like that. it's either unlimited or limited to some number...</p>
<p>Torrents are the scourge of the internet. Direct downloads reign supreme.</p>
<p>Yeah we have some downloading service they gave us but it doesn't work with Macs so it's irrelevant for like half the campus anyway.</p>
<p>so how do you people at Penn get music? do you.........pay for it? :O</p>
<p>I just wait till I get home for break to download music in a not-so-legal fashion.
But again, don't try downloading at school. My friends have received warnings.
Too risky.</p>
<p>Ruckus</a> - Millions of Free & Legal Music Tracks for college students! is the free music service available to anyone with an .edu address. It's pretty popular on campus (and was available at Penn like a year before it was public).</p>
<p>what could you possibly download at 50 gigs a month? how much porn does one person really need?</p>
<p>^HD movies/ tv shows/ music</p>
<p>no my porn collection totals at around 90 gigs so i mean unless im increasing it by 50% a month thats not it.</p>
<p>LOL. nice. so Limewire is a no-go? And what if you have Limewire PRO... does that make it okay?</p>
<p>Honestly most people at Penn watch TV online (at sites like Hulu) and listen to music on sites like Youtube. Netflix is really popular for movies, etc.</p>
<p>im telling u the HD stuff take alot of mem 720p FTW</p>
<p>You can download for quite a while without getting caught. Probably longer if you use PeerGuardian or the like.</p>
<p>The way it works is, if the RIAA decides to file suit against you, you're well and truly screwed. Good luck. (Luckily they've recently said they won't be filing any new suits, who knows if it's true or not though)
For movies and TV shows, the MPAA generally just sends DMCA take down notices. The RIAA sends these out too. The first one you get, Penn's Office of Student Conduct just forwards a warning e-mail.
The second one, you get called in for a group meeting to talk about why you shouldn't download, and get penalized either $50 or 8 hours of community service. You also get a letter of reprimand, but which doesn't show up on your public facing academic record. (Or something like that)
The third offense is an unspecified higher penalty.</p>
<p>private trackers, peerguardian2, turn off dht, encrypt the traffic, what more can you do? stay away from centralized networks, be careful with 0-day, and that's worked for me so far. However, I have reduced my downloading quite a bit in college, and you probably will too. speeds here are good, so you can afford to seed for less time.</p>
<p>hypothetically speaking, could/does one go off campus and access external internet connections and download through limewire/torrentz to avoid or lower the chances of getting warnings and fines?</p>
<p>1) The largest off-campus internet provider is Comcast, which aggressively throttles p2p traffic and imposes download caps.</p>
<p>2) Certain off-campus establishments who provided free wifi used to be known places to download, but they've changed ownership and I don't know if they'll still give free wifi.</p>