Welcome Back To College: Here is What Your School Will Do To You If You Fileshare
Ah, It’s September and the Coeds are filling the dorms – but this year besides students having to deal with their depressed schizophrenic emo pyromaniac roommate that loves watching people when they sleep, colleges are starting to crack down on the casual file sharer.
For Example:
If you go to UC Berkeley college students will now be booted off the network for a week if they’re accused of illegal file sharing.
The University of Tulsa students accused of file sharing will have to pay $250 in order to reactivate their network access. But don’t worry, Stanford students will only face a $100 charge.
The University of Kansas has adopted a one strike and you’re off the network policy.
Ohio University decided to play big brother.
Thats just a VERY small sample of colleges, but nationwide institutions of higher education are cracking down. So be aware the next time you are tempted to download Beyonce’s single that you may be safe from the RIAA but not from your IT director.
How has your school cracked down? Let us know in the comments.
