 EveryNamePremium
join:2001-12-05
Montreal
kudos:1
1 edit | reply to Riplin
Re: Hurt what? It won best picture at the Oscars, along with 5 other Oscars, which is funny because no one had ever heard of it, let alone seen it. I watched it after the Oscars, just to see what it was all about. It was okay. I give it 4/10. |
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WHT
join:2010-03-26
Rosston, TX
kudos:5 | reply to Z80A
said by Z80A:Avatar should have won best picture. I feel asleep a couple of times in the theater. |
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 NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:9
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·Pacific Bell - SBC
1 edit | reply to RARPSL
said by RARPSL:As to how they can know who is downloading it, all that is needed is to connect to the BT Server and get a list of who is currently downloading and/or seeding it (ie: The Peers). That would be the "tracker", which has the list. I am not sure I'd classify it as a "BT Server". The only servers carrying the pieces of the file would be the peers.
But, yes, all an investigator needs do to find out who is "serving" in a torrent is connect to the tracker. The investigators' own BT clients will reveal the list of the IPs acting as file servers.
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Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
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 japPremium
join:2003-08-10
038xx | reply to R4M0N
said by R4M0N:Not entirely accurate... You can download without sharing. At least you could back in the day when I tried it... I haven't used Bit Torrent in a few years now. That trusted legal test brokedown several years ago. A court ruled against defense saying piracy behaviors & techniques had become too widely known and understood. Result is case law exists.
It's mute anyway, IMO. Nobody's going to court without multiple confirmed infringement events over time. At that point courts won't care whether uploading occurred or not. Further, copyright holders hate court: bad PR and usually won't collect anything anyway. It's a no-brainer they run an ability-to-pay assessment the minute a name and phys address is in hand. They want settlements even if it's $20 plus a cease&desist/won't disclose terms statement. |
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