Individuals accessing the university network through personal workstations have the potential to negatively impact the performance of their local network and the university network as a whole. In many cases, this will result in the restriction of network access to all machines sharing the network segment. One of the reasons access of this nature is prohibited, is because it could compromise license agreements that restrict resource use to members of the USC community. The use of ISD time-sharing systems to run specific UNIX programs is restricted if versions of the program are widely available for use on local workstations. These programs perform better when run from the local computer and therefore reduce the overall load on central time-sharing systems.
Web browsers are the foremost examples of such programs.
4.3.9 Excessive POP connections to a primary mail server can result in significant server load reducing performance for all users. Copyright laws apply to all information available electronically. The university expects all members of its community to obey the laws governing usage of intellectual property. Many of the found materials on the Web enjoy protected status under current intellectual property laws. Web authors are cautioned to remember this and restrict the usage of such materials in their own publications.