UNSW fines students for illegal downloads (1 Viewer)

[Rafy]

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/...pirating-movies-tv-shows-20141118-11oxg3.html

 

[turntaker]

Maybe the ISP notified unsw and warned them that people are downloading illegally. Because the ISP can send you a warning letter and if you keep downloading you can get fined. So to avoid this they introduced this policy to stop students from downloading. People can still use a VPN and be ok though. That's if they're willing to pay for it.

 

[brent012]

The unis unlikely to get in trouble if the students are using VPNs. Surely UNSW block P2P traffic though?

 

[turntaker]

The unis unlikely to get in trouble if the students are using VPNs. Surely UNSW block P2P traffic though?

That's what I thought but it appears like they don't. How else would people be downloading illegally?

I think they should ban torrent sites .

 

[kalstar]

lel

 

[anomalousdecay]

You can access pretty much all of the net at UNSW computers after what my mates and I saw on an abandoned logged in computer one day.....

However fines come across in large. Get a $20 on the spot fine for eating in computing labs. There's even cameras everywhere in the computing labs.

 

[obliviousninja]

Byod master race ~

 

[turntaker]

You can access pretty much all of the net at UNSW computers after what my mates and I saw on an abandoned logged in computer one day.....

However fines come across in large. Get a $20 on the spot fine for eating in computing labs. There's even cameras everywhere in the computing labs.

What did you see?

 

[anomalousdecay]

What did you see?

Fairly off limits to explain on here.

 

[turntaker]

Fairly off limits to explain on here.

Was it bestgore lel
Pm me pls

 

[D94]

Why is SMH 'reporting' very old news?

 

[obliviousninja]

Is that rhetorical

 

[D94]

The unis unlikely to get in trouble if the students are using VPNs. Surely UNSW block P2P traffic though?

Why? P2P is not illegal, so why would UNSW involve themselves in censorship?

The downloading of copyright infringing material is a civil wrong, not a crime. UNSW should only act in the event of a student breaching a policy - there's no strong basis for censoring its internet.

 

[JT145]

You can access pretty much all of the net at UNSW computers after what my mates and I saw on an abandoned logged in computer one day.....

However fines come across in large. Get a $20 on the spot fine for eating in computing labs. There's even cameras everywhere in the computing labs.

which lab were you in?

 

[anomalousdecay]

which lab were you in?

If you read carefully the rules for all CSE labs, there's a $20 or $25 fine.

 

[Trans4M]

Haha UNSW is enforcing it because someone sued UNSW for copyright infringement before (out of all the unis they had to choose UNSW )

 

[mreditor16]

UNSW issuing piracy fines

Read more here - http://www.theage.com.au/digital-li...t-100000-in-piracy-fines-20141120-11qqn7.html

The University of NSW says it has issued 238 fines - estimated to total about $100,000 - to students illicitly downloading copyright infringing material such as movies and TV shows on its Wi-Fi network since 2008.

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On its website, UNSW says fines of up to $1000 can be issued to students who breach copyright on its Wi-Fi network. It's understood, however, that fines are typically $480 and can be lowered in circumstances of financial hardship.

According to Fairfax Media calculations, this would mean UNSW has so far collected some $100,000 in fines from students since it began to penalise them for breaching its computer network's acceptable use policy.

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On Tuesday, Fairfax revealed how UNSW had been issuing fines to pirating students and using the money raised for campus facilities. Staff members have also been caught up in infringing this year, although not fined.

 

[mreditor16]

Re: UNSW issuing piracy fines

bumpity bump.

interested to hear your thoughts!

 

[Squar3root]

gg

 

[RenegadeMx]

square downloaded too much illegal porn