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Poptart

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Can you use an ip blocker to avoid legal trouble when downloading torrents?

#14711860 - 07/03/11 04:53 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Cuz one time i got a letter threatening to sue if i download anymore torrents and it scared the shit outta me. One of my friends said he heard of someone using an ip blocker for that.

Anyone know anything about this?

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IamMatt
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Re: Can you use an ip blocker to avoid legal trouble when downloading torrents?

[Re: Poptart]
#14711863 - 07/03/11 04:54 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

OPEN YOUR PORTS

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lacma50

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Re: Can you use an ip blocker to avoid legal trouble when downloading torrents?

[Re: Poptart]
#14711867 - 07/03/11 04:55 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Damn how many torrents have you been downloading??

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Baybadays
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Re: Can you use an ip blocker to avoid legal trouble when downloading torrents?

[Re: Poptart]
#14711868 - 07/03/11 04:55 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

There are tools to hide your IP from other peers, but I don't think you can hide your IP or your downloading activities from your own ISP.

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IamMatt
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Re: Can you use an ip blocker to avoid legal trouble when downloading torrents?

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#14711871 - 07/03/11 04:56 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

For real though looking into using proxies.

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Poptart

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Re: Can you use an ip blocker to avoid legal trouble when downloading torrents?

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#14711888 - 07/03/11 05:00 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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lacma50 said:
Damn how many torrents have you been downloading??

not that many. like on average 1 or 2 a week. But some of them are full blown games.

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Poptart

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Re: Can you use an ip blocker to avoid legal trouble when downloading torrents?

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#14711889 - 07/03/11 05:00 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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IamMatt said:
For real though looking into using proxies.

What is that?

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ROFL_my_ WAFFLE

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Re: Can you use an ip blocker to avoid legal trouble when downloading torrents?

[Re: Poptart]
#14711896 - 07/03/11 05:00 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Stop downloading shit.

It's illegal. :trolldance:

:trolldance:

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Baybadays
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Re: Can you use an ip blocker to avoid legal trouble when downloading torrents?

[Re: Poptart]
#14711904 - 07/03/11 05:02 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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Poptart said:
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IamMatt said:
For real though looking into using proxies.

What is that?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=hidemyass

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IamMatt
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Re: Can you use an ip blocker to avoid legal trouble when downloading torrents?

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#14711953 - 07/03/11 05:12 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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Baybadays said:
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Poptart said:
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IamMatt said:
For real though looking into using proxies.

What is that?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=hidemyass

:highfive:

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lacma50

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Re: Can you use an ip blocker to avoid legal trouble when downloading torrents?

[Re: Poptart]
#14711968 - 07/03/11 05:16 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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Poptart said:
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lacma50 said:
Damn how many torrents have you been downloading??

not that many. like on average 1 or 2 a week. But some of them are full blown games.

Damn, sometimes I'll be simultaneously downloading 3/4 games and 5/6 movies at once.

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rackem

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Re: Can you use an ip blocker to avoid legal trouble when downloading torrents?

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#14711976 - 07/03/11 05:18 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

someone said that its the new shit that they watch. and generates letters. i dont know how much truth that is.. but..

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Poptart

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Re: Can you use an ip blocker to avoid legal trouble when downloading torrents?

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#14712047 - 07/03/11 05:38 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

anyone know anyone who actually got sued? or are these letters just to scare people?

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abltsandwich
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Re: Can you use an ip blocker to avoid legal trouble when downloading torrents?

[Re: rackem]
#14712052 - 07/03/11 05:40 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

PeerBlock and PeerGuardian seem to work OK.

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Poptart

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Re: Can you use an ip blocker to avoid legal trouble when downloading torrents?

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#14712064 - 07/03/11 05:43 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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abltsandwich said:
PeerBlock and PeerGuardian seem to work OK.

but do those block the isp? i'm scared to download torrents now

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LoveYourLife
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Re: Can you use an ip blocker to avoid legal trouble when downloading torrents?

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#14712075 - 07/03/11 05:46 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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rackem said:
someone said that its the new shit that they watch. and generates letters. i dont know how much truth that is.. but..

Generally the only people who have been sued are people who are downloading/seeding extremely large amounts of copyrighted files. It's pretty rare though with the number of people pirating things on the internet, most of it is intimidation.

Sometimes ISP's will give you warnings about downloading large amounts of illegal material though, but the majority of people never have a problem with it.

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Re: Can you use an ip blocker to avoid legal trouble when downloading torrents?

[Re: Poptart]
#14712103 - 07/03/11 05:57 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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Poptart said:
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abltsandwich said:
PeerBlock and PeerGuardian seem to work OK.

but do those block the isp? i'm scared to download torrents now

How can you block your own ISP short of unplugging your internet? Honest question. PB and PG use a blacklist/whitelist scheme that's always getting updated. It blocks connections to any DNS that is known to be anti-piracy.

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Re: Can you use an ip blocker to avoid legal trouble when downloading torrents?

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#14712125 - 07/03/11 06:01 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

I use RealHideIp it prolly doesnt help much but i like to think it does.

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Re: Can you use an ip blocker to avoid legal trouble when downloading torrents?

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#14712126 - 07/03/11 06:01 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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abltsandwich said:
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Poptart said:
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abltsandwich said:
PeerBlock and PeerGuardian seem to work OK.

but do those block the isp? i'm scared to download torrents now

How can you block your own ISP short of unplugging your internet? Honest question. PB and PG use a blacklist/whitelist scheme that's always getting updated. It blocks connections to any DNS that is known to be anti-piracy.

Yeah honestly without some advanced computer knowledge the average user isn't going to be effectively able to COMPLETELY block their information. It does help somewhat to have those programs, but it doesn't mean complete neutrality.

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Poptart

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Re: Can you use an ip blocker to avoid legal trouble when downloading torrents?

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#14712128 - 07/03/11 06:03 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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abltsandwich said:
Quote:

Poptart said:
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abltsandwich said:
PeerBlock and PeerGuardian seem to work OK.

but do those block the isp? i'm scared to download torrents now

How can you block your own ISP short of unplugging your internet? Honest question. PB and PG use a blacklist/whitelist scheme that's always getting updated. It blocks connections to any DNS that is known to be anti-piracy.

Uh so does that basically mean that i'm in the safezone when downloading torrents?

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