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Originally posted by ktsnake
And what exactly do they plan on doing about it? I've heard rumors that the music industry is starting to go after file sharers. I'm not so sure they could have actually started doing this and remained under the radar.
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OK, since I am in theory no longer employed by ResNet (school comp. services) I will let you know what happened with us. I don't think it was secret, but it's safe now either way.
Say Billy is sharing "Happy Gilmore." A guy in our IT department will get an email from a law firm representing whoever made Happy Gilmore, we'll say RCA, that says a user on our network (UWP) at this IP address has been found to be violating the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, and will ask us to address the situation or they will go after us. This guy emails our ResNet office to let us know, and blocks Billy's Ethernet address from the school's switches/hubs, so Billy can't get online. We disable the port in Billy's room so he can't try and use another Ethernet card instead, and send Billy's RD a letter. Billy gets a letter from his RD, and has to go talk to him/her, then sign some papers. Then Billy turns the papers in to us, then we go check his computer for the movie, then we email the guy in IT, and Billy gets back on.
It is a huge pain in the ass and please be nice to your ResNet and don't share.