Sharing is Caring! Unless of course, we're talking about music and/or STDs. Not quite sure why this is considered news anymore. The capitalist pigs at the RIAA have been after university students illegally downloading music since 2000.
The only thing more pathetic than the RIAA's crackdowns are the responses that the students are giving. Responses such as "it's not like I downloaded millions of songs and sold them to people," or otherwise claims of ignorance do nothing but prove that not only were you a thief, but a particularly dumb one at that. Do the world a favor and throw yourself & computer out of the window...
If students would bother realizing that part of the reason user credentials are required to log onto university networks, is to track Internet usage, we wouldn't be having this discussion right now. Admittedly, usage tracking is becoming more difficult nowadays. We can thank BitTorrent and a paradigm shift towards streaming content for that.
Nonetheless, it is unfortunate that the relatively "innocent" users of peer-to-peer software end up getting reeled in by the authorities. Though I strongly discourage pirating of any kind, the fact is those who keep to the latest file sharing technology usually avoid getting caught. By the time mainstream "ignorant" users adopt a file-sharing technology, the authorities have already had enough time to develop a response to track and nab offenders.
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