Over 200,000 BitTorrent users sued for file sharing in the U.S.

Well I must say, I openly admit that I use bit torrent. But am I breaking the law? really? I dont download full files from anywhere, I dont supply full files to anyone. I only download random packets of data from thousands of locations around the globe. I don't create Torrent files, big hint there guys n gals - dont create torrent files - thats where they will get you because you made it.

They cant really prove that you downloaded copyrighted material, only that you searched for it.
Unless you download it all at once that is. Spread the downloaded bits over months over different pcs. first things first only use utp not tcpip, only use encrypted connections, use peer to peer vpn private networks. or if you want to make it damn near impossible for them to prove what you are doing use a vpn tunnel within a vpn tunnel preferably via different providers. Set your machine up as an open proxy and there is no way they can prove anything except that your machine is very busy. On the other hand how to catch file sharing ---Here's some advice for the industry moguls, If you want to prosecute anyone at all you need to track the ip addresses of the bit torrent trackers themselves. The tracker websites have full knowledge of who is looking for what, simply because of the way network protocols communicate with the tracker site. The Trackers know where the inital torrent came from and thats where you will get successfull proscecutions. In reality Https you say or vpn will not stop that information from being gleaned. then again Copyright laws are that convoluted that if you actually read them properly you find that if you go out and buy a cd. you actually are not allowed to give it to your mate to play. You cant play the cd to a gathering? woops no parties..you cant play it in any public place.. and no you are not allowed to rip it to your pc, iphone, or any other reproductive medium? they just don't proscecute you for it because it's to hard to find you. And im sorry you cant have your mates over to watch dvd movies because thats classed as a public gathering. Recorded the sports, your mates cant come over to watch the game because the tv station owns the licence to reproduce it and provide it as a service, not you.
Oh and capturing music streams from radio or internet music stations, a no no again.
How about streaming tv, nope, time shift tv you know the one's like sky, isky and the like again nope. Hard drive video recorders, nope. personal music players take a guess?
They turn a blind eye. They dont proscecute because they cant prove that you gave it to your mate down the road to play.
The real issue is that the industries are hurting.... badly hurting...
They have built a monopoly on manipulating and extorting money from everyday people and bands alike. The movie industry works the same way, some good some bad, most of the bad ones are done for tax and or insurance rite offs. By forcing you to pay for a full cd or dvd, manipulating the songs etc, they know that you really only want the first and third tracks because the rest are rubbish.
Why not setup a service where you can choose to have a cd or dvd made for you, just the music you want. Why not make it a dvd instead of a cd, then you could have 200 tracks of what you want.
Yeah yeah I know itunes and all that, yep the way of the future, you do know that you still cant legally transfer the music to another device or change the format.
The industry knows that cds are dead, they know that dvds are a thing of the past.
They know that they can no longer ignore what everyone actually wants.
Bands are now producing there own music, directors are producing their own movies, both are openly promoted and distributed over the internet. one of the best models iv'e seen for this is essentially paying what you think it's worth. If you think its crap you dont pay for it. Pay a dollar or ten it's up to you. The industry needs to rethink a few things.
like the most obvious --- why charge 20 bucks for a copy of a movie and sell a couple of hundred thousand copies. When you could charge 3-5 bucks and sell millions of copies.
They need to take away the reason to break the copyright in the first place. I for one would definitely pay for a single track of a cd or that movie that I really wanted if it was 5 bucks, but 30 bucks no way....
 
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