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Originally Posted by Lasereth
3. I know a few friends who have been contacted by the RIAA and MPAA about downloading movies and music. They were told to remove the media from their computers (the University actually does it) and had their Internet connectivity taken away for a period of time. No legal action was ever taken, and they were busted for waaay worse stuff than what you're describing (a movie circa 1982).
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This happened to me about two years ago. I lost my internet connectivity for the rest of the term (about 6 weeks). Went on break, came back, and it was working again. Of course, this was 2 years ago before the MPAA took a apage out of the RIAA playbook. Who knows how it works now.