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Peer-to-Peer Filesharing Applications

Many Peer-to-Peer filesharing applications will continue to consume bandwidth even when they are "closed." It is recommended that these applications be completely removed to eliminate this behavior.

Tips on Filesharing

• Distributing copyrighted materials without the consent of the copyright holder is a violation of federal law. It does not matter that you may have paid for the filesharing application (as is the case with the premium version of Limewire).
• How the RIAA Catches Alleged Music Pirates [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

• Peer to Peer Removal Instructions [Saginaw Valley State University]
• Removing File-Sharing Programs [University of Delaware]
• Uninstalling BearShare, KaZaa Media Desktop, LimeWire, or Morpheus in Windows XP/Vista [Virginia Tech]