Limewire is blocked on my schools network!

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Ayah

Originally posted by: BKLounger
wow no one has used the linux distro downloading defense. Strange that a university would block bittorrent technology but typically it is used more often than not for piracy than linux or stuff that a user has created. By blocking they get rid of all the legal issues that may arise.

No Fedora, No debian

Both have FTP mirrors, and often some of those mirrors are located at the very universities people attend. :shocked:

 

[bluestrobe]

Originally posted by: Ayah

Originally posted by: BKLounger
wow no one has used the linux distro downloading defense. Strange that a university would block bittorrent technology but typically it is used more often than not for piracy than linux or stuff that a user has created. By blocking they get rid of all the legal issues that may arise.

No Fedora, No debian

Downloaded both from ftp/http sites.

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: bluestrobe

Originally posted by: InlineFive
Exactly. While there are wonderful uses for P2P system admins (unfortunately) have to take the dim view of humanity.

P2P has mostly been about piracy through it's lify cycle. The legal stuff on there is about 1-5% of the total amount shared. The Limewire legal stuff is probably less than that.

I'm aware of that fact. Why is why I said that we unfortunately have to assume that people can't be trusted to stay away from that stuff on our networks.