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My college sent warning email regarding pirated software use by students. (programming.dev)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Timely_Jellyfish_2077@programming.dev to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 171 points 3 months ago

Gotta love the use of quotes here:

it should be treated with "utmost importance."

In other words, ignore this message from our lawyers.

[-] 1stTime4MeInMCU@mander.xyz 115 points 3 months ago

This whole message reads like “we don’t actually care but we have to say that we do 😉🙂‍↕️”

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 3 months ago

Yep, the legal team advised a scare tactic akin to ISPs fishing for low-effort compliance. Reminds me of CAMP & the ATF busting farms in Mendicino until the '10s.

[-] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 24 points 3 months ago

that such infringements do not occur on the campus

[-] maxprime@lemmy.ml 23 points 3 months ago

I often tell my students “whatever you do, don’t go to libgen dot rs to download our textbook illegally. You’re gonna want to avoid Anna’s archive as well. You really want to steer clear from these malicious websites.”