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Originally posted by broknsymetry@2 August 2003 - 06:00
You might wish to add file size 754 245 to your list...
Do a search on Laura Croft and this file will come up with about 100 sources or so, each claiming a bandwidth in excess of 1000. You think that this great, so you start d/l, but it only d/l's at about .02 Kb/s. Checking with K-Dat, all the sources are present and even list very high speeds (one even reported at over 1000Kb/s!). There also something else that is strange...the IP's of the sources are almost all the same, only three or four different, but many different ports! Traceroute shows all come from same location in NY with a registrant of Cable & Wireless. Sounds kinda fishy to me...perhaps as you say, a MPAA IP trap. However, after d/l'ing a little over 2meg the file still would not open in avi preview, so can not be a copyrighted file. In any case, if the RIAA or MPAA decide to place one of their copyrighted files on the network then it would not be illegal to d/l it since they hold the distribution rights and if they decide to distribute it for free that's ok by me.
i suspect there are loads of files out there that a placed there just to catch people as for the question of entrapment it is a very grey airier and would depend a lot on which country you are in as to how it affects you. my guess is that it is the correct file but encrypted as i say it is only a guess, if the MPAA OR RIAA place a file in there shared folder they are not giving you permission to download it as if you download a file from me evan know i am sharing it i have not given you direct permission. there is still a question regarding who much you download of a file before it becomes an offence, i would say as long as the amount can be measured. i. e one bit or bit.