| Many people have pursued the hobby of
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| | by using illegal file sharing.
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| downloading movies and songs on the
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| | The movie and music industries have
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| Internet and sharing them with their
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| | stepped in and are demanding restitution
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| friends and family online. However, this
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| | for illegally downloaded movies, music
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| is direct violation of U.S. copyright
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| | and other forms of copyrighted media.
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| laws. Not surprisingly, the biggest
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| | They have detection agencies that have
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| violators of the movie copyright laws are
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| | the technology to identify and trace
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| students. The movie industry is sending
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| | copyright infringements straight to their
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| out copyright infringement claims to
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| | source. Once the computer is located they
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| college universities around the country.
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| | can notify the university or the college
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| One reason that college students may be
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| | that they are in violation. The
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| the hardest hit is that they are not
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| | university will be told that they have a
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| aware of how serious a crime copyright
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| | copyright infringement claim against
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| infringement is.
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| | them. Based on the Digital Millennium
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| Many college students who have lawsuits
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| | Copyright Act, once the computer is
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| brought against them are shocked, to say
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| | isolated, then Internet access is
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| the least. They question why they were
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| | terminated to that computer and court
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| not warned about the perils of
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| | proceedings can begin.
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| downloading movies and songs online and
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| | Does this sound far fetched? Well, it is
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| passing them along to friends. However,
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| | not. You should know that a few years ago
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| with the rise of claims, no one can claim
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| | Recording Industry Association of America
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| ignorance for much longer. Word is being
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| | sued four students. These students
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| spread near and far that if you engage in
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| | attended Princeton, Michigan Technical
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| illegal downloading and/or sharing, then
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| | University and Rensselear Polytechnic
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| you can be brought to court. College
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| | Institute. One student had an estimated
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| students are learning the hard way that
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| | liability of $150 billion. When you
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| it is against the law and in violation of
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| | consider that you can be charged $750 per
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| copyright laws to share or download
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| | song that you illegally download, the
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| copyrighted material. Many colleges and
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| | total can add up fast! The good thing is
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| universities now state in their handbooks
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| | the lawsuits against the college students
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| that it is against the law to illegally
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| | were settled for amounts less than
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| download movies, music and other forms of
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| | $20,000. That is not pocket change for
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| media using school computers.
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| | college students -- or anyone for that
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| In addition to illegal downloading and
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| | matter!
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| sharing movies, the files take up space
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| | Movies and music are meant to be enjoyed.
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| on the computer systems and use a
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| | However, illegally downloading movies and
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| considerable amount of bandwidth. While
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| | music is not much different than walking
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| most universities and colleges will not
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| | into a video store and sticking DVDs and
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| look at the content an individual has --
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| | CDs in your pocket. Be careful. You do
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| they can isolate and identify the
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| | not want to be caught violating any movie
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| individuals who are hogging up bandwidth
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| | copyright laws.
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