Additional stuff about news server, internet and download.
A few of my friends got a warning letter from the ISP for downloading illegal materials from the internet. This is the risk of downloading using peer-to-peer method. One thing one should know is that it is often for the copyright owners like TV stations to work together with the ISP. ISP have the internet traffic information and can identify users who download illegal materials. ISP will then provide those information to the copyright owners so that users can be warned or sued.
However, if one download using a news server, one is safer. That is because news server will not provide any information about their client activities to the copyright owners. So, news server users are safer and get faster download rate. But, one have to pay for it.
If you are inside a network such as university network, you are a bit protected. This is because, normally, university has the privacy policy which means university cannot expose any information to the copyright owners. So, what university normally do is, say to the owner, we will monitor our network and take necessary action to prevent the downloading of illegal materials. ie, university will give warning letters and worst case banned the students from using the university network.
The last thing is about VPN. When you are downloading, make sure your VPN is disconnected. Otherwise, information will go through the university network and you can get caught. This thing happened to my mate. He downloaded using his PC at home but with VPN connected, and of course got a warning letter from the university.
The bottom line is, it is not a big offense to download illegally but it is a serious offense if you download illegal materials and then seed them to others.
So, is it worth to download illegally? you decide.
PS: please see other entries about news server under 'news server' label.
A few of my friends got a warning letter from the ISP for downloading illegal materials from the internet. This is the risk of downloading using peer-to-peer method. One thing one should know is that it is often for the copyright owners like TV stations to work together with the ISP. ISP have the internet traffic information and can identify users who download illegal materials. ISP will then provide those information to the copyright owners so that users can be warned or sued.
However, if one download using a news server, one is safer. That is because news server will not provide any information about their client activities to the copyright owners. So, news server users are safer and get faster download rate. But, one have to pay for it.
If you are inside a network such as university network, you are a bit protected. This is because, normally, university has the privacy policy which means university cannot expose any information to the copyright owners. So, what university normally do is, say to the owner, we will monitor our network and take necessary action to prevent the downloading of illegal materials. ie, university will give warning letters and worst case banned the students from using the university network.
The last thing is about VPN. When you are downloading, make sure your VPN is disconnected. Otherwise, information will go through the university network and you can get caught. This thing happened to my mate. He downloaded using his PC at home but with VPN connected, and of course got a warning letter from the university.
The bottom line is, it is not a big offense to download illegally but it is a serious offense if you download illegal materials and then seed them to others.
So, is it worth to download illegally? you decide.
PS: please see other entries about news server under 'news server' label.
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