watice
join:2008-11-01
New York, NY | reply to TwoCpus4me
Re: Hmmm said by TwoCpus4me:I'm not quite sure the ISP's have the legal standing to go trolling through data packets that are not their own. How is this different than the US Post Office opening every piece of mail that they think could, maybe, woulda, shoulda, been involved in a crime and then turning those people over to the police? Other than the fact technology makes it easy to do but not necessarily legal so they just go ahead? I don't think that's the way this works. It wouldn't be like the US Post Office opening every mail. It would be more like the US Post Office mailing you a request asking you for something illegal, and you responding and mailing them back with that material.
They're connecting to the swarm just like any other legitimate user. |
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 TamaraBQuestion The Current ParadigmPremium
join:2000-11-08
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| said by watice:They're connecting to the swarm just like any other legitimate user. Hmmmm.... well if they are participating in the swarm, they are also feeding you their copyrighted material. This sounds like entrapment to me, or at least tacit permission to download their stuff. If they are not sending material, they are tagged as leechers and banned by the tracker.
If the copyright holder sends you the file, aren't they abrogating any rights to it?
Bob
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| said by TamaraB:said by watice:They're connecting to the swarm just like any other legitimate user. Hmmmm.... well if they are participating in the swarm, they are also feeding you their copyrighted material. This sounds like entrapment to me, or at least tacit permission to download their stuff. If they are not sending material, they are tagged as leechers and banned by the tracker. If the copyright holder sends you the file, aren't they abrogating any rights to it? Bob Could you prove you got part of the file from them?
Would be funny if the ISP ended up reporting on each other! |
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TamaraBQuestion The Current ParadigmPremium
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| said by AstroBoy:Could you prove you got part of the file from them? Would be funny if the ISP ended up reporting on each other! Of course. Any decent firewall can log connections. My Norton firewall is set up to "allow" connections to my p2p port, and LOG the connection.
It would be difficult to claim copyright violation, if the copyright holder, or one of it's paid goons, is the source of the file no?
I can't see how the argument "I know you stole the file because I gave it to you" can have any validity in such a situation.
Bob
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