<p>out of curiosity, how safe is it to download files? does anyone actually get penalized for sharing a song? are there warnings/fines? are people automatically handed over to the riaa?</p>
<p>& if so, are the people targeted usually the people with high bandwidth usage? </p>
<p>don't know terms of service, but if one uses a lot of his/her upload, does one lose his/her internet access or have limited connectivity? what would constitute high usage if so?</p>
<p>does nyu trace students through logs of files distributed (probably crazy, but you never know)? any use in renaming files before one sends to other users? </p>
<p>any traps to watch out for while filesharing at nyu?</p>
<p>i know. a post that no one should answer. but if someone does, all the better.</p>