Get the Facts:

UCLA students paid an estimated $177,000 in fines in 2006-07 to copyright holders after being threatened with lawsuits by the recording, motion picture / TV, and software gaming industry associations. These associations have become extremely skilled at discovering infringement, and have become emboldened by recent court rulings that support their right to sue individuals over copying as little as a single audio track.

By federal law, UCLA is obligated to comply with legally presented subpoenas that request the identity of those on our campus that are subjects of lawsuits, and the University is powerless to assist students in a court of law.

Play it safe. Don't break the law. Be aware of the law by reading the information contained in the links below, and get your entertainment legally, whether through us or other legitimate means.

Read more about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act at UCLA.

Download the UCLA Student Code of Conduct [PDF]

Download the full text of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA) [PDF]

Read more about Digital Copyright Protection at the University of California.

Link to "How to NOT Get Sued for File Sharing" (Electronic Frontier Foundation)

Watch the "What do YOU think?" documentary.

View the "Get Legal" October 2007 USAC report