Illegally Downloading

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What is the punishment for illegally downloading music at Lancaster University?

Also, who does it here?

Reply 1

Hal.E.Lujah

There's a punishment?

:bawling:

Lancaster University

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Reply 2

UKIPLAD

Information Services will come into your student dorm and strangle you with a USB cable to keep you quiet. Then they will take you back to the lab and hook you up to their diagnostics test where they will run tests on you and using AI will alter your genetic makeup and turn you into a different person.

Reply 3

Cephalus

Lol don't make me laugh there will be so many cases of illegal downloading that they wont know who to go after first. Dont worry about it

Reply 4

castlemadeofsand

people that are caught illegally downloading are kidnapped and burnt at the stake during Bowland Extrav

Reply 5

J1mjam

Original post by castlemadeofsand

people that are caught illegally downloading are kidnapped and burnt at the stake during Bowland Extrav

They would be the only people at Bowland Extrav

Original post by Cephalus

Lol don't make me laugh there will be so many cases of illegal downloading that they wont know who to go after first. Dont worry about it

They used to have a method for large mutinies where they couldn't punish everyone... excecute one in ten.

OP, get to a room that's least existant modulo ten, then stay there!!!

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 8

Manitude

Apparently they're planning on fining anybody who torrents, even legal torrents, now.

Reply 9

username234673

Original post by Manitude

Apparently they're planning on fining anybody who torrents, even legal torrents, now.

Bloody ridiculous tbh. I use legal torrents all the time - mainly custom ROMs for my phone. I'd be furious if someone tried to fine me for that.

Reply 10

Manitude

Original post by mikeyd85

Bloody ridiculous tbh. I use legal torrents all the time - mainly custom ROMs for my phone. I'd be furious if someone tried to fine me for that.

Likewise. I don't use torrents at all, but there's a few things I've seen where they can be legally torrented from the person who made them (thus owning all copyrights and so on) and it seems ridiculous that they won't distinguish between legal and illegal torrenting. Maybe it would be possible to appeal and prove that you've done nothing wrong top get the fine waived. Or, don't live on campus :p:

Reply 11

brightroar

The information posted here is incorrect. The university does not automatically fine anybody that uses torrents.

If I can point you in the direction of the Lancaster University reddit page, reddit poster Melair works for the ISS department and addressed this question here:

http://www.reddit.com/r/lancasteruni/comments/10gr27/question_about_torrents/c6dl7ax

The post is two months old but I've just checked with them and the information is still valid. Action is only taken against a user if the university is served with an infringement notice by the copyright holder, which then prompts an investigation by ISS, and if they find evidence then you get a fine (or worse, if you've been unlucky and got caught a few times).