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

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Timely_Jellyfish_2077@programming.dev to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 161 points 1 year 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 107 points 1 year ago

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

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 1 year 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.

[-] maxprime@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year 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.”