Why do university intranet DC hubs get shut down?

[Cabalo]

Try explaining that to the network administrator.

[beansis]

I would recommend using usenet instead, with ssl ofcourse

also uni networks are often monitored by RIAA, and such

Easily traceable too, not the contents, but anyone in 10 seconds can check where he is connecting to, whois that IP, and take actions.

what about vpn?

I would recommend using usenet instead, with ssl ofcourse

also uni networks are often monitored by RIAA, and such

I do use usenet (astraweb in fact), but my campus has a 3GB daily bandwidth limit. Thus, DC++ is attractive since transfers over LAN circumvent the limit.

that sucks, but a hub, especially a new one, isn't going to have nearly as much data as usenet, and you would still have to get the new stuff from somewhere

[iLOVENZB]

Easily traceable too, not the contents, but anyone in 10 seconds can check where he is connecting to, whois that IP, and take actions.

Yeah, but usenet isn't by definition illegal. If you can't say the contents are copyrighted then there's no wrongdoing.

<sarcasm>It was only metadata</scarcasm>