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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. This is nothing new by krin · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This has been happening at colleges all over for some time. Last year when I was still living on campus they sent out letters to each room saying something similar to this. Everyone did it anyway. I never understood why they didnt just filter them out .. but I didn't work in the IT department. Anyway, the guys upstairs found a few wi-fi networks in the area and ran a cat5 out the window and down to our room so we had unrestricted (and suprisingly faster) access then the rest of the campus.

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  2. Misleading article title by Istealmymusic · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Slashdot: "No Sharing Files". The article: "year without computer access if they are busted swapping movies and music online."

    Does this mean students can swap illegal software and media offline on CDs? I'd think it more efficient that way anyways. Who is with me?

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