<p>I got stupid and got caught for the second time. I know that the first offense is just a slap on the wrist. And the second and third offense doesn’t tend to end as nicely. Anyone have any experience in this area?</p>
<p>My dad got caught for that … He’s been in jail for 7 years now …</p>
<p>^wow.</p>
<p>10chars</p>
<p>lol. 7 years ago napster was the closest thing to bittorrent, just barely. </p>
<p>OP, just wait it out I guess. You’ve realized that you messed up so theres less room to forgive in this round.</p>
<p>You will be dismissed from the university and your private information will be turned over to a movie/recording industry authority. :D</p>
<p>EDIT: ^On a serious note, you can’t go to jail for illegal downloading (or more correctly stated, “distributing”). It is a civil case.</p>
<p>So did you think they were joking the first time?</p>
<p>OP, you’re doing it wrong.</p>
<p>In California, it is still technically legal to hang a man for stealing your cattle. RageKage, you’re the type of person who would respond with “Well, he really shouldn’t have stolen that cow.”</p>
<p>Yes Excor, I did, in point of fact, do it wrong.</p>
<p>@DanielR2007</p>
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<p>Wow, did you like get an email or something saying like “We’re watching you, and we know” or something?</p>
<p>I’ve only done the legal torrenting here but usually, I try to get my friends or family to hook me up since I’ve met people who’ve gotten caught. (Though, I’ve never met anyone who’s gotten a second strike…) Best of luck to you. </p>
<p>(For future reference, there are alternatives for most things on torrent…)</p>
<p>bittorrent isn’t allowed at UCLA? how do they even know you’re using it though?</p>
<p>The program itself is allowed. Using it to illegally download things like movies and music isn’t. As far as I know UCLA doesn’t take an active stance making sure what you are downloading is legal but it is very easy to tell from your IP address that are you are on a university connection and companies know they can scare students very easily.</p>
<p>so the companies contact the university and then you get punishes? and how exactly would you get punished?</p>
<p>I don’t know personally but this site seems to have the details.</p>
<p>[UCLA</a> Get Legal Campaign](<a href=“http://www.getlegal.ucla.edu/illegal_file_sharing_FAQ.htm]UCLA”>http://www.getlegal.ucla.edu/illegal_file_sharing_FAQ.htm)</p>