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USC To Students: No Sharing Files

Posted by timothy on from the and-you-were-expecting-what-exactly dept.

jukal writes: "copy-paste from a Wired article: 'Students at the University of Southern California could face a school year without computer access if they are busted swapping movies and music online. In an e-mail message to all students, school officials warned that using peer-to-peer file-trading services could force the university to kick students off the network. '"

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  1. Re:Good by Reality+Master+101 · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    but it doesn't matter

    YES, it EXACTLY does matter. Automobiles are not used 99.999% for illegitimate purposes. It is legitimate to ban P2P because there are alternatives (e.g., FTP) for legitimate trading. There basically is zero downside to banning P2P programs.

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