bluebsh Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 from the way I understand the law in the US, you can download with no legal consequences, but as soon as you share it, you are in legal trouble. It is a lot harder to find people downloading, because someone would have to be shareing the thing to start with and watch the queues and such. But, when you are shareing, they can just run a query and get a list of sharers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morganpugh84 Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 you have been pwned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19756_1437838370 Posted November 10, 2003 Share Posted November 10, 2003 Infringed Work: How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days Infringing FileName: How.to.Lose.a.Guy.in.10.Days.(DVDRip.DivX.Rus).KAMO.ShareReactor.ru.avi Infringing FileSize: 734806016 Protocol: eDonkey Infringers IP Address: 24.**.**.** Infringer's User Name: None Infringement Timestamp: lol its bad enough that you got busted, its even worse that it was for leeching a russian rip. I take it you were hoping for en;)ish ;) What makes it worse then the fact that it's Russian, is the fact of the movie he was gett:ninja:ninja: Haha, never even noticed that. I never watched it, but I recall checking out the movie for quality and I could have sworn it was in English. It's been awhile so i don't remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickg78 Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 The RIAA isnt looking for downloaders near as much as they are looking for sharers. If you share files, then theres the problem. I just download stuff occasionally when im broke. I never share my files. If you dont share em, then I dont think they would care. Same thing with Bit Torrent im sure.Correct me if im wrong, Josh Yes, but if everybody stops sharing, the P2P networks will close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaise Veteran Posted November 13, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 13, 2003 moved to internet, network & security Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombolcha Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 sucks man.. right now i'm downloading season one of malcom in the middle and C.S.I. las vegas. does peerguardian actually help in blocking riaa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patoz2k5 Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 I'm just wondering, couldnt the people hosting the trackers, employ a program such as peer-guardian to block the riaa,paramounts, etc. ip addresses? if they did this then they wouldnt be able to connect to the trackers and retrieve a list of the seeders. I have no idea how peer-guardian works sooo...i wanted to know if this is possible, and if any of them use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shihchiun Posted December 15, 2003 Share Posted December 15, 2003 Strange, my cable company doesn't seem to care what its users do... My friends have used Cox for a while, downloading and sharing like mad (I mean... 24/7)... They've even went over the bandwidth limit many times... No warnings, no overusage charges -- nothing. You/your friends were lucky. i use cox also, but I woke up to a nice copyright infringement letter after finishing downloading something in shareaza. as you know, it shares stuff automatically, and as i dont stay up all night, it began sharing and etc etc.. i dont think warner bros likes me anymore, especially since i was sharing a movie that wouldnt be out on dvd for a couple months. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger2k Posted December 15, 2003 Share Posted December 15, 2003 if all they do is check filenames when they scan then whats stopping me from copying a few homemovies together to make the file size about the same as a regular movie putting some fake name on it like lets say "matrix reloaded.avi" and share it then wait to see if i get cought and they try to do something against me then i could sue their ass :rofl: or maybe that won't work :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxxCon Posted December 15, 2003 Share Posted December 15, 2003 if all they do is check filenames when they scan then whats stopping me from copying a few homemovies together to make the file size about the same as a regular movie putting some fake name on it like lets say "matrix reloaded.avi" and share it then wait to see if i get cought and they try to do something against me then i could sue their ass :rofl: or maybe that won't work :pinch: beside filename they also collect hash of a file and it's size and maybe they are downloading actual file to make sure that it is what they think it is...or maybe not since that would require alot of bandwidth and time. I'm just wondering, couldnt the people hosting the trackers, employ a program such as peer-guardian to block the riaa,paramounts, etc. ip addresses? if they did this then they wouldnt be able to connect to the trackers and retrieve a list of the seeders.do you really think that all those enteties are so stupid and are using their corporate ip address range? :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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