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Need a File, Share a File

Carlos: Hey Eddie. What are you doing? Eddie: I'm donating money to those college students who got sued for downloading music using a file sharing program. Carlos: They did what using a what? Eddie: Gee Carlos, you sure are square. Don't you know? Carlos and Eddie learn about issues related to file sharing and other online conundrums.

Carlos and Eddie learn more about:

  • File sharing, such as BitTorrent, Limewire, The Pirate Bay, etc.
  • UCLA computer network policies

Use file sharing programs to download music and other files? Not sure why people are getting sued and what the big deal is? Check out this section!

What Is File Sharing?

For a description of what file sharing is and how it works that even non-computer science majors can understand, see "How File-Sharing Works".