This is a reminder that the UTC Information Technology Coordinating 
Council bans from the campus network file sharing technologies that are 
primarily used for illegal copying of music, movies, and software. These 
technologies are banned from the main campus network, campus housing 
network, and campus wireless networks.

If allowed, file sharing technologies would take up a very large share 
of the Internet capacity available on campus and thus cause the Internet 
to be slow for everyone. They are also primarily used for illegal 
copying of copyrighted materials, which is a violation of the UTC 
Acceptable Use Practices, see: http://resnet.utc.edu/Dorms/aupoverview.php.

File sharing technologies are also a source of viruses, spyware, and 
other infections on your computer. Practice safe computing, see: 
http://resnet.utc.edu/Dorms/staysafe.php

More information on file sharing can be seen at:
http://www.campusdownloading.com/

WARNING: Computers that are discovered using such programs (like kazaa, 
gnutella, etc.) will be automatically penalized by having NO access to 
the Internet (off campus) for several hours. The penalty may be 
automatically repeated until the banned file sharing program is stopped 
and repeated offenses may result in loss of all network access.

See http://resnet.utc.edu/Dorms/contact.php for how to contact the 
Information Technology Division for help on removal of these programs or 
other problems using the campus network.

Please practice safe computing. We hope you have a good semester at UTC.

Thank you, UTC IT Coordinating Council