Author Topic: So I was borrowing a movie... (Read 1420 times)

BurntIce · « **on:** December 09, 2005, 12:26:54 PM »

... from DC++ and lo' and behold an email shows up from my ISP saying that a company traced my download and told me it was copyright infringement of Paramount Pictures. Never heard of this before, but the email said all I had to do was remove it and send an email to them saying I removed it. What I wanted to know is if removing it means that they wouldn't pursue a lawsuit. Anyhow, my ISP has this 2 strike = account removal, and this incident happened on the 4th of Dec, and I just got the notice today? Any ideas or has anyone else run into this before? I've never heard of it...

-Sam

TekieB · « **Reply #1 on:** December 09, 2005, 01:03:07 PM »

I got something like this awhile ago for sharing simpsons episodes.

I'm on strike 2 of 3 with my isp, it sucks

BurntIce · « **Reply #2 on:** December 09, 2005, 01:08:22 PM »

Something just doesn't make sense, like how they could tap into which file is was downloading. I thought I read something about a privacy act that said since it was a direct connect transfer, it could't be spied upon? Maybe not, I'm no expert on filesharing.

-Sam

TekieB · « **Reply #3 on:** December 09, 2005, 01:33:09 PM »

they have recently been hosting the files themselves, and they get your IP when they do that, enough said

kona · « **Reply #4 on:** December 09, 2005, 01:54:52 PM »

They can get anything they want unless you're protected.............

BurntIce · « **Reply #5 on:** December 09, 2005, 02:44:36 PM »

ah, ok thanks for clearing that up. That is, I downloaded it from them instead of another user.

Author Topic: So I was borrowing a movie... (Read 1420 times)

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