Hi Margaret;
I don’t think there’s anything in the MSU AUP, but the MERIT/Michnet AUP is included in the MSU AUP. It has three very specific admonitions.
“Use should be consistent with guiding ethical statements and accepted community standards. Use of the Services for malicious, fraudulent, or misrepresentative purposes is not acceptable.
The Services may not be used in ways that violate applicable laws or regulations.
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.
I would say that sharing copyrighted music falls under the third rule; but the courts are still hashing that out, aren’t they?
Good night,
Wendy
Wendy Tate
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Question: P2P File Sharing Apps
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