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.
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its funny how its so obvious after being shown.
This is so much basic everyone using a Bittorrent Client can see the Ip adresses so where is the deal?
But his other Videos are realy interesting!
its only possible if that someone knows a lot of sh!t and by that i mean they know what they are doing ehem.hac.ehem but the point of this is to just be carefull.
they just can’t get into our pc by hacking or they’ll be loosing so chances are dim of what they can do unless they really crack down the whole huge list and catch an unlucky user.
one more reason to use private believe it!
On various Internet BBS I’ve gone to people have mentioned getting the warning e-mails from their ISPs but no “follow-up” in terms of lawsuits arrests etc.
And it seems as though all the RIAA has been doing is chasing after college students. Can’t quite figure out what the MPAA is doing I think I’ve read that they have been suing people too.
But it would seem to me that they would be more interested in the “super-seeders” instead of the typical Joe Schmoe who wants to see different movies on occasion.
I also wonder what the deal is with streaming/downloading movies and TV shows from Stage6-like sites…. typically Stage6 gets a complaint and they delete the movie.
There just aren’t that many resources available to sue every single American and if they did the laws re copyright would get changed PRONTO.
I have always used emule and always will.
“Blacklists are the only way to not be nabbed”
Hahaha. I hand-went through a block if IP addresses leaked from Media Defender and the ones being blocked were the exception not the rule. Blocklists don’t work.
i use I2P..
it is weird how they’ve never gone after bittorrent clients though..
@ VAMPYRE BLADE: “I have always used emule and always will.”
Youre a funny guy!you think that its harder to get the ip in emule?*lol
youre so much wrong.Its as easy and the Mpaa is not stupid so you need to use a anonymous p2p program or you have to live that your Ip is open to everyone.
i have to wonder if they plan on using BT in the future for legal content. if they sue people it might make everyone scared to use BT even for legitimate purposes.
I use peerguardian and block lists in emule as well i dont assume i am safe i do everything i can to protect myself. my statement was i like emule and will use only it never said it was perfect.
Long live NEWSGROUPS!
How many broadband subscribers would drop their premium ($40-$60) per month subscriptions if their ISP’s started handing out subscriber lists to the MPAA & RIAA. The big Com companies aren’t going to give up that kind of flow without a fight. Not saying it can’t (or wont) happen…and you can bet there’s a team of attorneys working on it.
Umm any moron knows this. Why are they showing it to us? It was cool to know how to pronounce Azereus though. I thought it was pronounced Uszheruss
“#12 How many broadband subscribers would drop their premium ($40-$60) per month subscriptions if their ISP’s started handing out subscriber lists to the MPAA & RIAA. The big Com companies aren’t going to give up that kind of flow without a fight. Not saying it can’t (or wont) happen…and you can bet there’s a team of attorneys working on it.”
I don’t think that is going to happen anytime soon. Why? Because a lot traffic is related to file sharing. If there was no more file sharing…I do not think broadband as we know it would exsist. The ISP’s KNOW they would lose a ton of money if they ever clamped down on file sharers but as long as they get their money…they really don’t care what people do. Remember….It is all about money!
As long as the ISP’s are making a killing off their connections I do not think they will be forced to play “internet cop” without a fight.
Aren’t you supposed to use a secure vpn tunnel for BT? I’d rather see a video with a list of choices for that.
The only way any isp would ever give you personal info away would be if a court order was presented dictating for them to do so. At that point you will be brought to court and it is time to get a lawyer. As far as these letters/emails from your isp are concerned this happens because they recieve a formal complaint from a copyright holder or someone representing the copyright holder. The big internet companies know what people are doing with theses broadband connections and they dont care as long as you pay your bill. Im mean really who the hell needs a 6 meg connect to browse the internet? No one and the internet providers know this as well.
I think that if isp tells you they are giving infos to the court you just need to delete the files you download and change harddrive before they take your comp out of your house . No illegal files on your computer ->no penalty.
Nice video however there are some legal issues with this. Without an approved operation from the Justice Department they cannot partake in an illegal act (by using a Torrent program to download copyright infringed material) to gather data to prosecute. By connecting to a seed and download the content they themselves are breaking the law which might be why you do not hear of lawsuits in the torrent community.
I found this very interesting and kind’ve scary. I was on downloading off of piratebay.com and I was watching the peers tab and hollandhart.com appeared. I looked it up and it was a law firm. As soon as I saw that I was off. That was nerve racking. I don’t know if it was anything but that made me think twice about goin on any public trackers anymore.
Maybe you should report hollandhart.com for taking part in piracy?
I thought the basic content was good but the video was so blurry I couldn’t see any detail of what he was doing. I’m open to suggestions for getting sharper detail on the video’s if anybody has any suggestions. Thanks