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Thread: Article: IP-Address Is Not a Person, BitTorrent Case Judge Says

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    Cabalo's Avatar FileSharingTalker BT Rep: +24BT Rep +24BT Rep +24BT Rep +24BT Rep +24
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  2. vBCms Comments   -   #2
    lol i think this judge might have a newsgroup account

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    megabyteme's Avatar RASPBERRY RIPPLE BT Rep: +19BT Rep +19BT Rep +19BT Rep +19
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    Good news, It's nice to win sometimes.

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    Well judged, I wish they'd realise this sooner.

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    smart judge. the problem with most of these cases is that the judges and lawyers have no technical skills at all and have a hard time even understanding the case. at least theres one out there.

  6. vBCms Comments   -   #6
    The case cited were the wrong house was raided is right near. It was some old couple living in the raided house. I couldn't imagine my front door being busted in by a battering ram and not knowing what the hell is going on. The police response, ohh sorry. Will buy you a new door.

  7. vBCms Comments   -   #7
    See a good reason to make you WIFI public You could easily claim that your WIFI is open and that everyone could have used your internet.

    I never understood why IP's could be used to sue people for the same reason given by this Judge. In Child Porn and such cases I might understand why a home is being raided even with the change it is the wrong house, but beside that there is not real proof that the owner of the IP adress would actually also be the user. So all an IP adress give you is a location.

  8. vBCms Comments   -   #8
    Quote Originally Posted by bobbintb View Post
    smart judge. the problem with most of these cases is that the judges and lawyers have no technical skills at all and have a hard time even understanding the case. at least theres one out there.
    True. I remember one US Senator a few years back describing the internet as a "series of tubes."

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    mjmacky's Avatar an alchemist?
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    Alright grandma and grandpa, we're here to seize your cp! Anyways, technical understanding is why they bring in experts... perhaps this judge was actually able to comprehend how the internet works without an expert. Most judges are on the older side, and tend not to understand how network works. That will change as those who were born into a technical age mature into their career posts.

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