Getting caught and sued for uploading to DDL/Cyberlockers ?

[eSTmNcU5]

Hi

Is it possible to get caught uploading copyrighted materials to file-sharing sites and get sued for that ? Do they log IP and content uploaded etc. ?

If it is possible, then how to prevent it ? Is a VPN enough ? Are there more "secure" cyberlockers that others (ie. file sharing sites that don't log anything, or are based in countries that don't enforce copyright protection) ?


Thanks in advance !

[anon]

What they log depends on each hoster's privacy policy. You should read them and contact them if it doesn't answer your questions. There are some site who retain more information than what you'd consider healthy.

Using a VPN or proxy for uploading will probably be fine, unless they're really out to get you.

[mmadude]

whats a cyberlocker?

[anon]

It's another term for file hosting services. I didn't know it either until I saw it used a lot in this forum.

[mmadude]

weird name. actually sounds like an fbi type goverment task force.

[megabyteme]

It CAN happen. Here is a worst-case scenario... https://filesharingtalk.com/content/1...Federal-Prison

[zot]

It CAN happen. Here is a worst-case scenario... https://filesharingtalk.com/content/1...Federal-Prison

The irony is that Kim Dotcom thought that he would save his own bacon by serving up his customers.

whats a cyberlocker?

"Cyberlocker" - a term recently invented by the MPAA - is a complete misnomer, as it's a label the copyright industry slaps on sites containing unlocked, publicly available files.

The word "cyber" -although originally neutral- has come to be generably applied in a negative way; for example, cyber-crime, cyber-stalker, etc. (probably why the MPAA chose it)

[eSTmNcU5]

It CAN happen. Here is a worst-case scenario... https://filesharingtalk.com/content/1...Federal-Prison

Ouch. Poor dude :/ But uploading a movie before its release (or even filming it in a cinema) is really pushing it !

I guess if someone uploads only "underground"/old albums, put a password on all of them and share it only with his friends, and don't make any money in the process, the chances of getting sued are slim. But shit happens, the ways of Justice/FBI/anti-piracy groups are inscrutable.


Thanks for the answer !

[anon]

"Cyberlocker" - a term recently invented by the MPAA - is a complete misnomer, as it's a label the copyright industry slaps on sites containing unlocked, publicly available files.

A locker is where you put your stuff to pick it up later. A cyberlocker would be where you upload your files to retrieve them later. At least that's how I understood it...

[hunkytrucker]

I had a pile of stuff removed recently by RAPIDSHARE that I shared on RETROFLIX ( R.I.P ). What amazes me is how thoroughly they managed to do 'the cleaning' ! All of the files were in .rar form of different sizes and most were protected by passwords. I guess they just worked-out with the logs who was downloading/sharing the material and removed it, even though they didn't have the certitude that it was copyrighted - w***kers !