hahathatsfunny13

Does downloading from sites like Sendspace and Rapidshare count as illegal fire sharing at UNC? I'm clueless and don't want to get in trouble.

danny_125

As long as there are no p2p file sharing, your okay.
You can also have Ruckus - Millions of Free & Legal Music Tracks for college students!.
But, seriously, ITS sent the letters to explain that illegal downloading is ubiquitous in the college environment, but they are not going to check EACH AND EVERY COMPUTER.
If your going to share files, upload them to your ipod and delete them in your computer. It's virtually impossible for them to accuse you of illegal downloading if you have no evidence.

hahathatsfunny13

Thanks for the info!

Yankeess89

whats "p2p file sharing" mean? Is file sharing via sendspace, filefront, etc okay (I always that was fine and hard to track lol)? Also do you know if UNC has like a DC++ network?

leah377

my boyfriend is going to be a junior and he's always been constantly downloading from torrents. he miraculously hasn't gotten caught yet..he's a comp sci major, though, and super good at that kind of thing so i don't know if everyone else would be so lucky..

another friend of mine got caught downloading illegally and had to go to ITS honor court or whatever. he was pretty worried about it until he got there and was welcomed by like 50 other guilty people. they had to listen to a lecture and sign a pledge promising not to download any more..it's not treated like a really serious offense.

NewJerseyMom

What if you transfer music from your iPod onto your computer, but the music was downloaded from another computer? Can they trace the source of the music?

Dabu

NewJerseyMom, No they can't.

leah377

nope--i have friends who download stuff when they go home for the weekend..it can't be tracked that way because even if it's on your computer they don't know the source