<p>Do you get in trouble for using alot of bandwidth through legal sites ie. Hulu or Youtube or through FTP? Because if you don’t getting a seedbox might be a option and running everything through HTTPS/SFTP.</p>
<p>I don’t think so. But I’m keeping my kimsufi seedbox around.</p>
<p>boboman:
Are you allowed to download illegal software? Rephrase that idiotic question.</p>
<p>kewlosaurusrex:
I doubt there’s much you can do to really strain UCSD’s bandwidth. (legally) Download away.</p>
<p>ehh…can I surf the Hub?
If you catch my drift…</p>
<p>@Sdtriton: I did, you blind? Scroll down 100 more pixels and I rephrased it.</p>
<p>Oh yeah that’s a much better question.</p>
<p>Normally the school along with software companies won’t allow you to download software illegally. However, you’re TOTALLY allowed to download illegal software if it’s from mediafire.</p>
<p>I’ve had two suitemates who used torrents to download anime + songs. They were never caught, but I’m pretty sure they lucked out. </p>
<p>Some people use listentoyoutube + zamzar to download music. I’m not sure if they were allowed to do that, but they got away with it.</p>
<p>is torrenting anime legal?
if you legally torrent (though very unlikely), will they still be after you?
can they figure out if a torrent is legal or not right away?</p>
<p>i have torrented legal stuff before (blizzard downloader distributes its games and patches by torrents, and linux distributions) and have not had any notice or warnings.</p>
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If it’s copyrighted, then no. </p>
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No. Many companies distribute files through torrents to take the load off of their servers.</p>
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It’s not UCSD that “catches” you. The way I understand it, the RIAA/MPAA/Software companies watch torrents and get the IP addresses of downloaders. They give the IP address to your ISP (UCSD in this case) and demand them to reveal your identity. They then send you either a warning or subpoena and UCSD will disconnect your connection for breaching the terms of use contract.</p>
<p>If UCSD doesn’t monitor you, then avoiding the RIAA/MPAA is a much easier task, just use high up/small private trackers. I’d also be careful using HTTP downloads though just because all it takes is for Rapidshare/Mediafire/whatever site to hand over their IP records of who downloaded what file. The probability that that happens with a big host such as Rapidshare is low, but it’s still possible(they took away rapidpoints because of pressure about it promoting piracy). </p>
<p>Darknet anyone? lmao</p>