![]() ![]() Industries that rely heavily on the creation and sale of digital materials - like record companies, movie studios, and software vendors - monitor the Internet aggressively to detect and prosecute violations of their copyrights. Lawrence University receives notices of alleged infringements, and under the law we contact users we believe are associated with such activity. Recording companies, movie and video producers and other content owners actively monitor the Internet to find computers distributing copyrighted files. ![]() Distribution can mean anything from "sharing" music/movie files on the Internet to burning multiple copies of copyrighted music/movies onto blank CDs and selling or giving them to others. Here's the bottom line: If you distribute copyrighted music without authorization from the copyright owner, you are breaking the law. Often such sharing utilizes peer-to-peer (P2P) network programs, such as bitTorrent or Limewire. Although a popular activity, distributing a copyrighted file without permission of the copyright holder - whether on campus or via internet - is illegal. ![]()
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