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Ferris
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Re: Just got sued....... [Re: Innominate]
#7952090 - 01/29/08 07:12 PM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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Your argument collapses when there are laws specifically against it.
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Innominate


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Re: Just got sued....... [Re: Ferris]
#7952101 - 01/29/08 07:14 PM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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Local laws? Maybe. There is no federal legislation that says ISPs can't do whatever the fuck they want when you're using their equipment. It differs from ISP to ISP.
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Re: Just got sued....... [Re: Ferris]
#7952111 - 01/29/08 07:16 PM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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Ferris said: What about the more important issue here: why is your ISP tracking your internet activity? Is it only torrent usage that sends up a flag? Is there a way to legally or in effect prevent your ISP from spying on your private information?
In almost all cases, it is not your ISP that is snooping around trying to track you. What happens is this:- You connect to a Peer to Peer network for file sharing
- Every other peer that is sharing the same file you are sharing (downloading), has access to your IP address
- One of those peers is representing a media agency (the RIAA and NBC Universal are notorious snoops)
- They record your IP, the date/time and which file you were transferring to or downloading from them
- They send the report to your ISP
- For the ISP to prove they are not negligent, they must deliver to you a cease and desist letter
Trust me, it's happened thousands of times and so far, almost no one has actually been sued. Not to say it can't or won't happen, but the strategy at present is to scare people into quitting the whole file sharing scheme, or to get their ISP to shut off their internet on repeated offenses. Even so, I know of people who have received upwards of FOUR notices and still have their ISP connection active.
Take it as you will... As a general rule, you should avoid public trackers such as Mininova and TorrentSpy, especially when downloading new release material that was produced by a major media company (including major network television shows). I know for a fact that FOX and NBC Universal watch mininova quite closely... so do your downloading from a private tracker (one which requires registration), and if you really want to be careful, stick to relatively obscure material that isn't likely to be snooped upon. The more peers are connected to a given torrent file, the more likely that one of them is snooping.
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Re: Just got sued....... [Re: Innominate]
#7952114 - 01/29/08 07:16 PM (16 years, 3 days ago) |
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I'm not going to say ISPs don't monitor what you do, because we all know they do. My point is that Americans should not tolerate or endorse such actions. I'm too drunk to say anymore.
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