<p>we've all probably gotten those threatening letters from our schools about illegal p2p file sharing, and i've heard my share of horror stories about college kids getting subpoenaed (that's a really hard word to spell) because they happened to be sharing files on Kazaa or Limewire while on their college's internet connection.</p>
<p>is it really that much more dangerous, though? am i seriously expected to uninstall limewire because i'll be using my school's internet connection?</p>
<p>hm…depends on your school Network and the level of supervision involved</p>
<p>may be more dangerous since it should be easier to see the amount of bits sent/downloaded under a particular account…based on where your DL’n from</p>
<p>remember though, you got a better chance of hitting the Lottery than getting caught file sharing</p>
<p>BTW, please use something like
<a href="http://www.spellcheck.net/%5B/url%5D">http://www.spellcheck.net/</a></p>
<p>to Spell Check...your in College now and spelling errors matter </p>
<p>this post in no way shape or form promotes nor condones File Sharing and is strictly for information purposes only, what those who read this does with the information herein, is at the sole discretion of the involved parties</p>
<p>as said above if you are an avid dl-er its more likely you'll get caught b/c of the bits sent/dl but if you dl 1/2 songs you just heard off the radio you'll be fine, buddies have dl-ed movies and were okay, just try and dl all the stuff you can before your at school or during holiday breaks</p>
<p>"BTW, please use something like
<a href="http://www.spellcheck.net/%5B/url%5D">http://www.spellcheck.net/</a></p>
<p>to Spell Check...your in College now and spelling errors matter"</p>
<p>i'm assuming that was meant to be clever, because surely you know that in that case, you're is a contraction... not a possessive.</p>
<p>isn't it ironic?</p>
<p>I thought chances of getting caught was like 1 in 4000. And surely that's a better chance than winning the lotto.</p>
<p>if you have facebook you can share files through facebook's wirehog...the only schools with the wirehog network currently are Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, & Penn. But if you have a friend at any of these schools they can mail you an invite...it's not necessarily a file sharing application it is just a website where the facebook people can post their pics, music, etc. & you can only take music from your friends.</p>
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<p>isn't it ironic?
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<p>i plead 5th Amendment</p>
<p>lol i noticed the same thing</p>
<p>funny</p>
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is it really that much more dangerous, though? am i seriously expected to uninstall limewire because i'll be using my school's internet connection?
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I don't think you want to take that risk...I'm sure MOST people don't get caught, but if you happen to be so lucky to get caught and sued, it's definitely not worth it.</p>
<p>I've heard that some schools block ports that are used for file sharing.</p>
<p>At a lot of schools (at least in Canada) students use P2P applications that work off of the school LAN (the one at Queen's University is called DC++). This allows the students to download full-length movies in less than 10 minutes.</p>
<p>The real question is why are you still using Limewire?
As TomK said, DC++ is the way to go. I've been using it for two and a half years now and nothing is as fast or as safe. No spyware or anything like any of the bundled programs. BitTorrent isn't bad either, but it's difficult and takes a while to get the obscure stuff.</p>
<p>I've never heard of DC++, can you use it without LAN?</p>
<p>do you think I would get caught for downloading my weekly fixes of about a gig or two of anime/manga? I'm done with "Hollywood" movies anyways. Either b-list or animes for me</p>
<p>DC++ is no different.</p>
<p>Well it's not only risking legal troubles, you risk losing access to the university's network or even suspension/expulsion. Some schools may monitor your activities and others may not...</p>
<p>The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is the group responsible for going after most illegal downloaders. They have been very active in going after university students.</p>
<p>Do a Google search of your school name and "RIAA" to see if there has been lawsuits filed against their students. If your school was subpoenaed by the RIAA, they will be monitoring you. And just because there hasn't been any legal action against your particular school doesn't mean much. </p>
<p>Here in Michigan, student names have been turned over by the University of Michigan and Michigan State University. Universities will give you up when subpoened.</p>
<p>Usenet.
NNTPS if you're extremely paranoid...
You'll never be caught.</p>
<p>what about peer guardian? does that work well?</p>
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The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is the group responsible for going after most illegal downloaders. They have been very active in going after university students.
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<p>Just to clarify, they only go after CD rips and the like, because that's all they legally cover. Movies are covered by the MPAA, and everything else (games, programs, etc.) are covered by the individual copyright holder. When it comes to that last catagory, I've only truely heard of Nintendo, Microsoft, and ADV (anime dubbing company) complaining about illegal downloads.</p>
<p>An interesting article about illegal filesharing using Internet2:</p>