torrentfreak.com — Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) is one of the oldest, and perhaps most effective anti-piracy strategies. MPAA’s “You can click, but you can’t hide” campaign is perhaps one of the best known examples. Today, we take a peek at how FUD is used by universities to counter campus piracy.
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pooponpaulOct 6, 2008
I'm not a huge piracy advocate or anything like a lot of diggers, and I buy stuff or watch it legally with ads a lot. But I have been torrenting The X-Files season by season on my university connection, with no problem. I'd gladly watch it online with ads, but that's not an option, and I'm not paying a couple hundred dollars and buying the whole series (although who knows, maybe I will some day, I've grown to love it). So I torrent.Although to be fair, our school is pretty good in regards to the whole piracy thing and compliance with the **AA, I believe. The video we're supposed to watch when we first activate our connection is called, "Attack of the 50 Foot RIAA!" or something like that
dragis101Oct 6, 2008
Burda Burda Burda Cite some actual data to back up your sweeping claims or gtfo my economic notions.
swramanOct 6, 2008
Volume licencing is a pain in the ass. the student BS version of matlab (and probably other software) are a load of crap, we had labs that the student version wasnt even capable of doing because it was too dumbed down.And yes, I have tried to use many volume licenced software over my school's network, and it has never gone well. There is only one easy solution...and it isnt walking 30 minutes uphill to get into the labs...
Closed AccountOct 7, 2008
I tell you what reduces sales - thieving!
Closed AccountOct 7, 2008
Hop you get disconnected you selfish f**ks
jbandthehofishFeb 22, 2010
wow a troll how original...