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Hi, Most acceptable use policies have some "legal disclaimer" statement which says something like "if you do something illegal with our network, we aren't liable, you are". http://www.merit.edu/mn/about/policies.html http://www.merit.edu/mn/about/policies-acceptableuse.html It looks like the second clause of their AUP prohibits what she is doing: "2. Users must respect the legal protection applied to programs, data, photographs, music, written documents and other material as provided by copyright, trademark, patent, licensure and other proprietary rights mechanisms." However, if their administrators are actively scanning for people using fileshare because they are using up excessive bandwidth, she may get away "under the radar" for a while since a dialup connection doesn't represent the same bandwidth impact as someone on a 100MB connection in a college dorm. Whether or not Merit notifies her that she should stop, you should probably know that there are indications that federal agencies may also begin filing the same kinds of copyright infringement suits against private citizens that RIAA has been doing for the last few years. It hasn't happened yet, but I've read two recent articiles indicating that it could start, soon. John A. Resotko Head of Systems Administration Michigan State University College of Law 208 Law College Building East Lansing, MI 48824-1300 email: [log in to unmask] Phone: 517-432-6836 Fax: 517-432-6861 >>> Margaret Wilson <[log in to unmask]> 10/27/2004 7:39:16 PM >>> A friend's daughter is into sharing music using WinMX, which I've recently learned is one of these P2P file-sharing apps. Off course, she's using it for sharing copyrighted music. They have dial-up access via MichNet through one of the school systems. My question is, is there anything in the Acceptable Use Policy which prohibits such use? I'll read the policy if need be, but I was wondering if anyone knows off the top of their heads. ?? Thx! Margaret