Smash your harddrives and get a lawyer ASAP. DO NOT CONFESS ANYTHING.Originally Posted by tjbzonasul
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Smash your harddrives and get a lawyer ASAP. DO NOT CONFESS ANYTHING.
Last edited by 1000possibleclaws; 06-01-2011 at 08:00 AM.
an alchemist?
Set yourself on fire, they can't prosecute a pile of ashes (it's not like Apple would be coming after you)
Last edited by mjmacky; 06-01-2011 at 12:12 PM.
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I think the best measure is not to reply, and consider getting extra "protection" for your torrenting (OK, that sounded a bit icky), for example an IP filter if you aren't using one already.
Weren't you from Brazil? If I'm right, I doubt they'd sent a letter in the first place.
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Good advice.
Very bad advice.
I managed to get three cease and desist letter copies from law firms who collected IPs from Pussytorrents. Don't even think that you can protect yourself with any sort of IP filter. All you need to collect IPs in a swarm is uTorrent and any(!) IP hence a random internet connection. No IP filter will protect you against this.
Last edited by Polarbear; 06-02-2011 at 05:07 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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It's basically a "pay or else" scheme brought to you by greedy lawyers and production companies who see it as an additional income. Your ISP has nothing to do with it but is forced to hand out your address if a judge decides it. It depends of course on your country and the legal situation there.
They pretend to protect copyrights when it's really all about making a quick buck. It's a shame that the law is on their site.
If you're from a country where these letters are popular the only advice is to stay away from big public sites.
Isnt this site the porn site run by torrentleech? If so it wouldn't surprise me since they have the same issue on TL also.
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You should actually reply, then? "I didn't snatch anything", "yes, I was pirating porn", "no u"?
I never said IP filters are flawless or anywhere near 100% effective. It's clear that not all "bad" IPs are known, and that they constantly change. But using a well-reputed one is certainly better than torrenting "naked". Hence my advice.I managed to get three cease and desist letter copies from law firms who collected IPs from Pussytorrents. Don't even think that you can protect yourself with any sort of IP filter. All you need to collect IPs in a swarm is uTorrent and any(!) IP hence a random internet connection. No IP filter will protect you against this.
Last edited by anon; 06-03-2011 at 01:15 AM. Reason: Later edit
"I just remembered something that happened a long time ago."
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Yes, but the difference is that Pussytorrents have open signups all the time, while TL is invite only. And the Pussytorrent userbase is considerably larger, too, around 350k.
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Doesn't surprise me a site like Pussy would start getting such letters. For those who have been reading the news, the porn industry is now the major suer. And seeing Pussy is a de facto public tracker...
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Where did you get that figure from? I'm just curious as I don't remember ever seeing stats there, or on TL (thanks to the Internet Archive I do know they had them back in the day, though).
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