Aren't You Guys Affraid To Get Caught

[-=M3th0d=-]

End of the day...they cant really do that much apart from ask you to stop it or tell your isp to kick you easily solved by phoning up your isp and saying you dont have any illegal material. This is all they want to hear - they dont want to change isp's really.

[vivitron 15]

oh and by the way...in the subject you refer to "downloaders" I call em "leeching scumbags"

[gumbydancin]

Originally posted by MagicNakor@15 March 2003 - 19:49
And there are files that are more "high-profile" which makes you more likely to get caught. If you don't download those, I doubt law enforcement will do anything, because 10:1 they download music too.

I'm no expert handicapper but seems more like 4:3 to me.

[daveyjones]

arrest us for what ? i don't thnink i have any copyrighted files on my computer and if i did how in the world would i know? there is so much information these days its not up to ME to make sure everything i download isnt copyrighted . proable denial .

[MagicNakor]

Well, maybe 2:1, even. But 10:1 just sounds better. You'll win more.

[oldmancan]

Sharing is good, rule one. What worry? Cost vs Benefit; business nor government, neither has the resources to chase every file.

Well covered topic, some good threads here.

Sara5564 - well said.

Genius - inspiring.

Can't remember - What info cops?

Cheers, OMC

[Acecool]

Actuatly the cops were at my place for other reasons :-/ and um well I had tons of wares on screen at the time and a game that is illegal here (soldier of fortune 2 (WITHOUT ROBOTS) (full gore))

They didnt do anything about that heh

[UKMan]

Originally posted by Acecool@19 March 2003 - 00:25
Actuatly the cops were at my place for other reasons :-/ and um well I had tons of wares on screen at the time and a game that is illegal here (soldier of fortune 2 (WITHOUT ROBOTS) (full gore))

They didnt do anything about that heh

i wonder what that might have been for

[Switeck]

Originally posted by oldmancan@18 March 2003 - 16:02
Can't remember - What info cops?

Cheers, OMC

The 'info cops'/'online cops' are companies DEDICATED to tracking down and catching people sharing copyrighted files on p2p networks.

Trouble is, they often have HUGE amounts of bandwidth dedicated to the task (like 100Mbps or more) and automated programs to do the catching and tracking of... US!

Now the good news -- because their bandwidth is from commercial lines that they have liscenced... their ip addresses are almost always fixed in very narrow ranges. They may change their LAST number of the w.x.y.z ip address (the z number) but by blocking the whole range of w.x.y.0 to w.x.y.255 -- they're effectively locked out of connecting to your computer.

If you BLOCK those ranges (using PEER GUARDIAN), you reduce your risk considerably.

However, if Kazaa searches go THROUGH supernodes and the results passed back to the searcher (this is most likely) then they may still find you sharing single files -- they just won't be able to list EVERYTHING you're sharing. And they WON'T be able to confirm you're actually sharing those files because they cannot make a direct connection to you...

[lunatacs]

these topics are pointless and only a way to spread fear onto the users of this forum. Plus, these topics only start by newbies and unREGISTERed people, something to think about.