Illegal Downloading/Copyright Infringement

Leila Sharma

Illegal downloading is prominent type of copyright infringement. Do you know that some applications used for downloading actually turn your computer into a server, allowing it to be used for the distribution of copyrighted information?

Screenshot of NYU signage with the image of a ghost and the following title text "Don't Let Copyright Infringement Come Back to Haunt You" followed by "Illegal downloading is a copyright infringement and a violation of federal law. For more information see www.nyu.edu/it/illegal. The NYU Office of Information Security follows up with suspected infringers who download illegally using NYU-NET." The following link appears at the bottom of the sign "www.nyu.edu/it/security/awareness".

For information regarding the University’s stance on illegal downloading, please see A Note on Illegal Downloading.  For copyright infringement information, please see the following NYU KnowledgeBase article: Copyright Infringement FAQs.