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Filesharing Up 10% After RIAA Threatens Users

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the strange-magic dept.

Moldy-Rutabaga writes "Technews says filesharing has gone up 10% on some sites such as Grokster since the Recording Industry Association of America's announcement on June 25 that it will start tracking down and suing users of file-sharing programs. Wayne Rosso, president of Grokster, commented 'even genocidal litigation can't stop file sharers'."

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  1. Re:How? by gilesjuk · · Score: 5, Informative

    1. Initiate a download.
    2. Do a netstat.
    3. Write down IP address and date/time.
    4. Contact ISP and request user information after providing IP address.

  2. Re:bitTorrent by Yosho · · Score: 5, Informative

    How does BitTorrent make you any more safe than any other filesharing system? In fact, I think it would be trivial for someone working with law enforcement to go through search sites like the one you just listed with a client such as this one and grab the IPs of everybody downloading the file.

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