Alright, just as a note, reading the article here provides a lot of enlightenment. Specifically, the second paragraph from the person.
"Yesterday I got called into the Managers office because the network manager had been contacted by Mediasentry and emailed one of the generic copyright infringement emails as a result of me downloading Angels and Demons.
The manager then proceeded to adopt an -as far as i can tell- exageratingly literal interpretation of the following exerpt from the automated email:
1.) Disable access to the individual who has engaged in the conduct described above; and
2.) Terminate any and all accounts that this individual has through youâ
With less than a month left to the semester and in the misdt of the examination period he has asked me to leave the dorm.
While I understand he does reserve the right to terminate my stay at his descretion I was just inquiring about the seriousness of recieving a MediaSentry email and if they are infact even lisensed to conduct their âoeinvestigativeâ work outside of the United States.
Now instead of studying for my exams and working on my final assignments I must take time to find a place to live before the 29th of May (2009)."
Looking over this, I'd actually paint a different villain. I think the manager already had it out for this guy, or, at the least, is a serious douchebag.
Did the guy confess or not? Who knows. He -does- claim to have challenged MediaSentry's right to even send the e-mail, as well as being kicked out for it, and the person who followed through with it was the manager. I'm going to guess that the manager is either an asshole with a vendetta, or had his balls cut off twenty years ago and is scared shitless of anything that even smacks of legal action directed within fifty miles of him.
Oh, and, seriously, what the hell? "You deserve to lose the place you live right before exams?" Seriously, what the hell is your idea of 'proper punishment'. This is the kind of stuff that can ruin the rest of someone's life. Does someone deserve to have their college degree taken away for what is, basically, a form of shoplifting? Or sneaking into a movie without paying for it? Copyright infringement is more popular then actual shoplifting, but carries a hell of a lot less risk to all parties involved. There's no real reason for such a disproportionate punishment as seen here. The question isn't "Does the punishment fit the crime" - it doesn't.
The questions are if the guy actually confessed, and what the hell was going through his manager's head.