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This is How We Catch You Downloading

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the line-and-worm dept.

marto writes "All over Europe thousands of people are being threatened with court action for allegedly sharing games like Dream Pinball 3D on P2P networks. Now, documents obtained by TorrentFreak show details of the anti-piracy company's techniques for identifying alleged file-sharers on the internet and the gathering of claimed 'forensic quality' evidence for use in court cases."

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  1. Re:Not that foolproof by grimwell · · Score: 3, Informative

    But still, if any ISP is innocent, so am I.

    I don't think the safe harbor provisions of the dmca would apply to you. The majority of ISPs' AUPs forbid "re-sharing" or re-selling of a subscriber's internet connection. You are a customer, not an ISP.

    If you have an account with an ISP that permits you to re-sell the internet access, then you could claim safe harbor. Indeed, the riaa would be left sending you letters for ip-to-user translations.

    Try finding a small local ISP and work with them to get re-sellable internet access. Maybe try the neighborhood wireless angle or free hotspot connectivity.

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  2. Re:Automated lawsuits by mithras+the+prophet · · Score: 3, Informative

    They seem to be very sure that an ISP keeps accurate IP address records. Why do I feel that this will result in a semi-technical employee of the ISP pulling up who the IP Address is currently leased to?

    I served on a grand jury that saw several fraud cases that involved the use of ISP IP lease records, and the employees that testified were very knowledgeable and diligent. That's not to say that they would be in every case, of course, but what direct experience I do have suggests that your concerns are misplaced.

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  3. Good thing you can't block them by TheSpoom · · Score: 4, Informative

    Oh wait...

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    1. Re:Good thing you can't block them by TheSpoom · · Score: 3, Informative

      Good for you! You can bash a technology without researching it at all! Cause clearly the PeerGuardian lists are only using the published RIAA / MPAA IP blocks and haven't thought of this already. But hey, do what you want. I haven't received any BSA notices since installing SafePeer (not that I'm necessarily saying I downloaded anything ;^) but if you want to be targeted instead, go right ahead.

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  4. Re:How? by numbski · · Score: 3, Informative

    Just type sudo first, then use the one you used to get in via ssh. Odds are pretty good that it has admin rights. :)

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  5. Re:How? by didde · · Score: 4, Informative


    You can easily use a (open) proxy or similar to mask your HTTP traffic. But if you'd like to take it one step further, Relakks (based out of Sweden - also accepts foreign users) uses VPN to route all packets from your machine out onto the Internets. You can check their legal FAQ to read about their restrictive policy regarding your personal information. It'd take a subpoena from the Swedish gov't to for them to hand out your originating IP address. This is rarely done - and as I understand it copyright violations are not considered "serious" enough.

    Works like a charm and the performance drop is insignificant. You could easily saturate even a 100 Mbps link using this service.