[BT] COX suspended my account (Scottsdale, AZ) in Filesharing Software http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20366090 en Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:25:04 EDT Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:25:04 EDT Re: [BT] COX suspended my account (Scottsdale, AZ) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20584919 FlexBaud : I would suggest using NewsGroups instead.

My neighbor used my WiFi for BT and I got an e-mail from Cox regarding copyright violation as well. Once I got that e-mail, I started doing MAC Filtering (WPA/WEP will not work for us) and seemed to resolve the issue for now.

I don't use BT for reasons like this.

EDIT: I forgot to say, mine was from HBO as well.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20584919 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:26:05 EDT Re: [BT] COX suspended my account (Scottsdale, AZ) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20532465 wierdo :
said by dvd536 See Profile :

said by nfx See Profile :

The Wire is a great show. It's well worth getting your connection suspended over.
Wasn't the wire cancelled by HBO? sounds like they want to protect the overpriced boxed set dvd's.
It ended, but it wasn't cancelled.
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said by almex See Profile :

Azureus has a plugin called SafePeer. How does that compare to PeerGuardian?
They're both useless. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20418352 Thu, 01 May 2008 20:51:35 EDT Re: [BT] COX suspended my account (Scottsdale, AZ) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20417524 cyrus360 : Newgroups are great for mainstream files. Like someone else said BT is better sometimes for the more obscure items.

Plus with a good newsgroup server, you can max out your connection on downloading.
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said by twizlar See Profile :

peerguardian is like wearing a condom that is 12 years past it's expiry date and has 50 holes in the end.
Nice analogy and agreed. Peer Guardian is absolute rubbish for its intended use. The lists seem compiled by kids who gets whims of suspect bad IP ranges(Even one of my seeding servers was blocked and its IP range was also host to a fair number of torrent sites(85.17.x.x)). My later seeding servers were out of their block range, but you get the point. Even worse-the copyright people can torrent from home and bust people. Are we going to block every residential IP now? Now from the worse to the ugly-a former copyright enforcer was interviewed on some of his methods. One was to identify heavy downloaders by identifying those who use PG and similar software. It's as simple as them using a residential IP that's not blocked and purposely connecting to the same torrent with a blocked IP, as well. Bottom line is PG offers no protection and may block innocent IPs due to what seems like children compiling the lists.

My advice is to see if your ISP offers free newsgroups. If they do, great. If not, then you could buy a subscription. The price you pay for all you can eat warez is actually quite reasonable. Max speed all the time and no copyright probes(unlike with torrents). Use a free site like »www.nzbindex.nl to download NZB files. You can browse for them like torrents and they load in your newsreader much the same way. You load the nzb, then it starts downloading from the necessary groups to get the files. Newsgroups are really as easy as torrents, if you use them in that manner.

Good luck.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20414575 Thu, 01 May 2008 01:49:42 EDT Re: [BT] COX suspended my account (Scottsdale, AZ) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20409157 twizlar : peerguardian is like wearing a condom that is 12 years past it's expiry date and has 50 holes in the end.
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said by samhain See Profile :

use peer guardian. and check for the tutorial to make sure your BT client is configured correctly. if you do that and you d/l from a PRIVATE tracker you should have no problems.
Why would using peer guardian help him? It doesn't do anything. It's a waste of cpu cycles.

I love how they once had giganews.com blacklisted. The guys on their irc channel are clueless when a issue popped out as well and they were quick to ban users questioning why legit websites and hosting companies were blacklisted.

Then again you guys are using bittorent so you guys don't know any better.
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said by removed See ProfileIt still lists several of my servers as MPAA traps -- even though they're anything but that.[/BQUOTE :

Pfff, that's what they all say.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20373977 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:30:13 EDT Re: [BT] COX suspended my account (Scottsdale, AZ) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20373756 GanJa :
said by Doctor Four See Profile :

When it comes to enforcement of copyright infringement,
including forcing of DRM down consumers' throats, HBO is
one of the worst out there.
That seems rightfully so since they don't make any money from advertisers like other networks.
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including forcing of DRM down consumers' throats, HBO is
one of the worst out there.
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said by nfx See Profile :

The Wire is a great show. It's well worth getting your connection suspended over.
Wasn't the wire cancelled by HBO? sounds like they want to protect the overpriced boxed set dvd's.
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Hope you enjoy the show as much as I do.
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nfx]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20371052 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:57:49 EDT Re: [BT] COX suspended my account (Scottsdale, AZ) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20370071 Ryan : Although eveyone says peerguardian doesnt work a friend of mine received a few COX cease letters from torrents also so he started using peerguardian and the letters stopped. Hes always seeding about 6 torrents and has been letter free for over two years now and all he uses is public trackers. By no means will it give you 100% protection but it does help. I think if anything the blocklists block more then needed then not enough. IMHO anti piracy companies are not going to take the time and effort to switch IP's when there are plenty of people not blocking it. If you like torrents use it and then if you get your second warning I advise just not to use torrents and switch to another means of getting your content. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20370071 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:00:01 EDT Re: [BT] COX suspended my account (Scottsdale, AZ) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20370001 anon : Looks like its time to switch to newsgroups instead. No uploading, seeding or sharing required. A show like the Wire is easily obtained via an NSP but you are unlikely to find some of the more obscure things that are likely available via BT instead.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20370001 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:47:53 EDT Re: [BT] COX suspended my account (Scottsdale, AZ) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20368604 removed :
said by Dude See Profile :

If you seed you upload.. Use Peerguardian
Bad idea, especially since Peerguardian doesn't protect you from anything. It still lists several of my servers as MPAA traps -- even though they're anything but that.

Here's a tip:
If you don't want to get busted for uploading/seeding, use something that doesn't require it! :uhh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20368604 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:26:50 EDT Re: [BT] COX suspended my account (Scottsdale, AZ) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20366345 dvd536 : Might want to think about newsgroups. no uploading required.
its best to go with a premium provider as cox's highwinds crap will frustrate you pretty fast.
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Do you have any recommendation regarding configuration or use?
I know, I should google it, but something in a nutshell??
Please???]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20366265 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:45 EDT Re: [BT] COX suspended my account (Scottsdale, AZ) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20366160 Dude : If you seed you upload.. Use Peerguardian]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20366160 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:36:52 EDT [BT] COX suspended my account (Scottsdale, AZ) http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20366090 DJ HughMan : Just got of the phone with COX ISP.
My account is suspended due to copyright violation.
Apparently, "someone" downloaded The Wire by HBO.
To be honest I did receive 5 email warnings previously.
So, this is my first strike and at three I'm out of ISP.
Crap!!!
I have reason to believe that the problems are due to use of Azuerus BT client. Plus I'm not much of an uploader. Seeder yes - no uploads, though.
Does that sounds right?
Just thought to let you all know...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20366090 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:19:50 EDT