I had no idea that college networks would even try to enforce such a thing.
I attend Ohio University. We do not have any silly requirements to use our network, we just have to agree to a network usage policy. In such a policy we must agree to not share copyrighted material on the network. Students who have violated this policy have had stiff fines imposed on them, sometimes a court case, and even disciplinary action by the school. Personally, I think this is a great policy.
I know it should not be a basis for choosing a school, but I would not go to a school with a crazy rule like that. The money the school spends on software and technical support for a program like that would be much better off spent on professors/researchers/administrators of computer networks that could pass their knowledge onto students.
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I had no idea that college networks would even try to enforce such a thing. I attend Ohio University. We do not have any silly requirements to use our network, we just have to agree to a network usage policy. In such a policy we must agree to not share copyrighted material on the network. Students who have violated this policy have had stiff fines imposed on them, sometimes a court case, and even disciplinary action by the school. Personally, I think this is a great policy. I know it should not be a basis for choosing a school, but I would not go to a school with a crazy rule like that. The money the school spends on software and technical support for a program like that would be much better off spent on professors/researchers/administrators of computer networks that could pass their knowledge onto students.