If you got busted for torrenting couldn't you just say you cheated?

[thrillerboy]

lol.... Gr8 idea.....

I expect more from you..... you could do better :p

[ajsi]

and sir, that is not correct. isp is able to find out which port have you used during the downloading and which file packets have you transfered(p2p in this case)

1. You can set BT to any port, so that doesn't matter
2. They couldn't tell the difference between me seeding a new movie or say, some free Linux distro if its encrypted.

i thought you cannot set up the port 80 for example in utorrent...

[Tokeman]

If I recall, its the sites that restrict ports, not the clients. But my point is, theres no one really using the 'official' bt port, at least not among us here.

[Polarbear]

if you got busted for cheating couldn't you just say you torrented?

oh no wait, that's what they do all the time.

[Sanka113]

If you busted by someone for cheating because they were really being busted for torrenting then at the same time your stepdad hits you for getting busted for torrenting then you have a busted lip too.

[jasperr]

it is a nice idea lol, but before they will knock at your doors, they will make themselves sure that you really upload movies/something with copyrights, not just cheat. they are not so stupid, don't worry

that's not true at all, you would think thats how they should do it but, in reality them "watchdog groups" and private firms hired for such monitoring ... all they do is scan for what they THINK may be pirated material .. and record your ip.. thats it, nothing else .. then they get your info from your more than cooperative isp and blamo your on a list.. and thats all they know. there is no real investigation into whether you actually did it or not.. they figure they have your ip, so you must be guilty ... and they will go to great lengths to prove it also while despretly avoiding the issue of how they came about getting their info..

the wireless route is the best defense so far, they loathe it.. and as such the mapaa, mpiaa have beded themselves with some isps enough to spark the isps to try to automaticly disconnect users for having non-secure wireless nets.. to avoid such deffenses from being used..

but yeah, in the end all they need is your ip.. and they will go after you ..

[TheFoX]

Just remember that cheat programs only cheat the tracker, and not each other. Torrent clients need to announce exactly how much data they have to each other, otherwise the data transfer just does not happen. After all, if you have 10% but are bragging to other clients you have 90%, they ain't gonna send you any data.

Considering that the authorities use the same tools as we do (why write your own when there are some freely available), then clients are going to be honest with each other.

The best excuse is the wireless router one, where you feign technical ignorance, although this may soon be an invalid excuse.

A recent case where a wireless router was blame was the case of Bush (MPAA) vs Saddam Hussein. Hussein was accused of aiding the distribution of a number of motion pictures protected under international copyright laws, yet he argued that Iran had tapped into his wireless router. The conclusion was that Saddam Hussein was found guilty, and hung, for illegally distributing 5 Disney films, and Iraq had all it's oil reserves confiscated.

Be warned...