on top of it, the movie sucked...
Posted on 05/29/2010 5:44:48 PM PDT by grand wazoo
This is why some trackers don’t allow mainstream films. I came across one that only accepts unsubtitled 1930s and 40s Soviet Union cinema. If you upload anything else, you get banned. :O)
Bwahahahahahahahahahahaaaa. Wheeeezeeee. Cough. Hahahahahhahahahahahaha.
I've run networks for years, and getting an IP address back to my physical location or name would require MUCH more than a movie is worth.
I'm not advocating or approving stealing intellectual property. You want to watch a movie, buy it or rent it.
But the naiveté of that statement just made the old hacker in me laugh.
/johnny
It’s about time free movie downloaders get sued.
There’s a reason the rest of us watch through Netflix, Hulu, etc. It’s the legal, justifiable way to do so.
I’m on Hollywood’s side with this: even if it’s a Michael Moore crock-umentary that is being swiped.
....well, maybe I would make an exception there....
HMM this should be interesting to see how they are going to pull this off in the era of DHCP.
MY IP address changes almost daily, depending on if my computer has had an on/off cycle that day or not. Have seen it change multiple times in one hour before when I was having issues with my router - I had to keep releasing and renewing due to the router barfing.
It's not true, but would this be a valid defense?
That assumes that the studio (or the ISP) wants to know who *really* was controlling the computer at the time of the incident. (and that's impossible, short of fingerprint readers that lock you out unless you keep proving your identity every few minutes, and assuming that the computer is trusted.)
But the most likely scenario is that the ISP will just report the name of the person who pays the bill, and let the court sort the rest out.
on top of it, the movie sucked...
Who would be stupid enough to download a film?
I mean actually download a movie rather than watch it on some megavideo site.
There is a difference between someone streaming a film on some website and downloading it, this article does not make that distinction clear.
Studios missed the ballgame back when tv was starting out, now they are missing the game with the internet.
Just find a sweet spot like the 99 cent iTunes for movies, and people will be glad to pay for them. Just not twenty bucks for an internet movie.
5,000 “john does” are easily found in jail. Pay-up.
Can’t they track the location of those who downloaded them via torrents? Isn’t it technically possible?
All MAC addresses are traceable, until you change it.
I believe it is.
The existence of a router (secured or unsecured) make it impossible to track the download. Unless the download still exists on your hard drive.
Including when it’s done via torrents? What I’m aware is that the files are broken into myriad pieces, each downloaded from several others.
That part admittedly is above my understanding. I did not know the process. It would seem a central hub would have to gather it.
And at Comcast we only store 6 months of DHCP lease records. After that they get purged!
Thanks!
Any lawyers/computer geeks out there?
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