Interesting video shows you step by step how “the man” is able to keep an eye on you and may make you think twice about lingering on public tracker sites.
Bram Cohen’s BitTorrent protocol has changed the face of file-sharing in ways not even fully realized yet, with even content producers slowly beginning to come around and embrace the ever efficient form of P2P distribution. However, it still has a plethora (love that word) of less than legal uses as we all know and its safety is sometimes taken for granted.
I’ve read from time to time about BitTorrent users who’ve received warnings from their ISPs about illegally sharing copyrighted content, but unlike direct connect users I’ve yet to hear of anybody being actually asked to pay a “settlement” fee or face legal action. Have you? Maybe it’s thought that since KaZaA users for example are willing to settle for an inferior file-sharing service that they’ll also be willing to settle for illegally sharing content.
Now sure the RIAA and MPAA have millions of direct connect users to keep them busy for decades, but if they ever decide to crank up their legal attacks and go after BitTorrent users the video that follows shows just how easy it is to grab connected IP addresses. I mean many of us are already aware, but it looks even easier for some reason when it’s shown in a pseudo-documentary form.
